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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTNqNXgtN2NjZi1wcGdt

Cross-site scripting in recommender-xblock

Recommender before 1.3.1 allows XSS. It is possible for a learner to craft a fake resource to recommender, that includes script which could possibly steal credentials from staff if they are lured into viewing the recommended resource.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTNqNXgtN2NjZi1wcGdt
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: about 1 month ago

CVSS Score: 6.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Percentage: 0.00084
EPSS Percentile: 0.37503

Identifiers: GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm, CVE-2018-20858
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20858
• https://github.com/edx/RecommenderXBlock/pull/2
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openedx-announce/SF8Sn6MuUTg
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/recommender-xblock/PYSEC-2019-219.yaml

Repository: https://github.com/edx/RecommenderXBlock
Blast Radius: 10.6

Affected Packages