CVE-2020-27359: A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x before 10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in the Messenger feature. It was found that the filename of the ima...

Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x before 10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in the Messenger feature. It was found that the filename of the image or file attached in a message could be used to perform this XSS attack. A user could craft a message...

What to do

Update evms redcap to version 10.0.0 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
evms	redcap	>= 8.11.6, < 10.0.0 `cpe:2.3:a:evms:redcap::::::::`

Original advisory text

A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x before 10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in the Messenger feature. It was found that the filename of the ima...

A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in REDCap 8.11.6 through 9.x before 10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in the Messenger feature. It was found that the filename of the image or file attached in a message could be used to perform this XSS attack. A user could craft a message and send it to anyone on the platform including admins. The XSS payload would execute on the other account without interaction from the user on several pages.

References

https://github.com/seb1055/cve-2020-27358-27359 Third Party Advisory
https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruse.tech/blog/38 Third Party Advisory