SmartAdmin Help Documentation Module Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

An attacker can inject malicious code into the Help Documentation Module in SmartAdmin, potentially allowing them to take control of user sessions or steal sensitive information. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by anyone, and exploit code is publicly available. Users should update to the latest version of SmartAdmin to fix this issue.

What to do

No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fix available
lab1024	smartadmin	<= 3.29	–

Original title

A weakness has been identified in 1024-lab/lab1024 SmartAdmin up to 3.29. The affected element is an unknown function of the file sa-base/src/main/java/net/lab1024/sa/base/module/support/helpdoc/do...

Original description

A weakness has been identified in 1024-lab/lab1024 SmartAdmin up to 3.29. The affected element is an unknown function of the file sa-base/src/main/java/net/lab1024/sa/base/module/support/helpdoc/domain/form/HelpDocAddForm.java of the component Help Documentation Module. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

nvd CVSS2.0 4.0

nvd CVSS3.1 3.5

nvd CVSS4.0 5.1

Vulnerability type

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-94 Code Injection