Prevent XSS from Confidant API call
Date: 2024-09
Affected: pip/confidant
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2024-45793
CWE: CWE-79
CVSS: 4.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

### Impact _What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_ Potential XSS from API calls below: GET <app>/v1/credentials GET <app>/v1/credentials/<id> GET <app>/v1/archive/credentials/<id> GET <app>/v1/archive/credentials POST <app>/v1/credentials PUT <app>/v1/credentials/<id> PUT <app>/v1/credentials/<id>/<to_revision> GET <app>/v1/services GET <app>/v1/services/<id> GET <app>/v1/archive/services/<id> GET <app>/v1/archive/services PUT <app>/v1/services/<id> PUT <app>/v1/services/<id>/<to_revision> Stored XSS that can only be used as a stored HTML injection. The attacker needs to be authenticated and have privileges to create new credentials, but could use this to show information and run scripts to other users into the same Confidant instance. ### Patches _Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_ yes, version 6.6.2 ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ NO ### References _Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_ https://hackerone.com/reports/2332004 https://hackerone.com/reports/2456673 https://hackerone.com/reports/2476542 Acknowledgement: Thank you Rein Daelman ([trein](https://hackerone.com/trein)) for reporting and proposing the fix.


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