Moderate severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2019· Updated Sep 16, 2024

CVE-2019-7171

Description

A stored-self XSS vulnerability in Croogo through v3.0.5 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript via the Title field in the Blocks editor.

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A stored-self XSS vulnerability in Croogo through v3.0.5 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript via the Title field in the Blocks editor.

Vulnerability

A stored-self cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Croogo versions up to and including v3.0.5. The flaw resides in the Title field of the block editing interface at /admin/blocks/blocks/edit/8. User-supplied input is not properly sanitized or encoded before being stored and later rendered, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code [1][2].

Exploitation

An attacker must have administrative access to the Croogo backend (specifically the Blocks editor) to exploit this vulnerability. The attacker navigates to the block edit page and enters malicious script content into the Title field. Upon saving, the payload is stored and will execute when any user (including the attacker, hence stored-self XSS) views the affected block in the admin panel [1][2].

Impact

Successful exploitation enables an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code within the context of the Croogo admin panel. This can lead to actions such as session hijacking, defacement, or further compromise of administrative functions. The attack is self-contained (stored-self) but could be leveraged for broader impact if combined with other weaknesses [1][2][3].

Mitigation

A fix was implemented in commit cafaaabe2cef3d1d83652370e30563e6ad7c4158, which applies output encoding via the h() function to user-supplied fields including $message->title and $message->body [4]. Users should update to a version of Croogo that includes this commit or later. No workaround is documented, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of this publication [1][2][4].

References

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
croogo/croogoPackagist	< 3.0.7	3.0.7

Affected products

Croogo/CroogoOSV
Range: 2.3.3, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, …
ghsa-coords
pkg:composer/croogo/croogo
Range: < 3.0.7

Patches

cafaaabe2cef

Fix: XSS

https://github.com/croogo/croogoRachman ChavikAug 23, 2019via ghsa

commit

23 files changed · +38 −41

Blocks/src/Template/Admin/Blocks/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_edit');
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Blocks'), ['action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($block->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($block->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {
     $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Add'), $this->request->getRequestTarget());

Blocks/src/Template/Admin/Regions/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Blocks'), [
     ]);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($region->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($region->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {

Contacts/src/Template/Admin/Contacts/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_edit');
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Contacts'), ['controller' => 'contacts', 'action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($contact->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($contact->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {

Contacts/src/Template/Admin/Messages/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Contacts'),
         ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Contacts', 'controller' => 'Messages', 'action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($message->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($message->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 $this->append('form-start', $this->Form->create($message));

Contacts/src/Template/Admin/Messages/index.ctp+5 −5 modified

@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ foreach ($messages as $message) {
             'class' => 'row-select',
             'id' => 'Messages'. $message->id . 'Id',
         ]),
-        $message->contact->title,
-        $message->name,
-        $message->email,
+        h($message->contact->title),
+        h($message->name),
+        h($message->email),
         $commentIcon . ' ' . $this->Html->link($message->title, '#', [
             'class' => 'comment-view',
             'data-target' => '#comment-modal',
-            'data-title' => $message->title,
-            'data-content' => $message->body,
+            'data-title' => h($message->title),
+            'data-content' => h($message->body),
         ]),
         $this->Time->i18nFormat($message->created),
         $actions,

Contacts/src/Template/Admin/Messages/view.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_view');
 $this->Breadcrumbs
     ->add(__d('croogo', 'Messages'), ['action' => 'index']);
 
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($message->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($message->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
 $this->append('action-buttons');
     echo $this->Croogo->adminAction(__d('croogo', 'List Messages'), ['action' => 'index']);

Core/src/View/Helper/CroogoHelper.php+1 −1 modified

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public function adminMenus($menus, $options = [], $depth = 0)
                 $menu['htmlAttributes'] += ['icon' => $menu['icon']];
             }
             if ($sidebar) {
-                $title .= '<span>' . $menu['title'] . '</span>';
+                $title .= '<span>' . h($menu['title']) . '</span>';
             } else {
                 $title .= $menu['title'];
             }

Core/src/View/Helper/CroogoHtmlHelper.php+1 −1 modified

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public function status($value, $url = [])
      */
     public function link($title, $url = null, array $options = [], $confirmMessage = false)
     {
-        $defaults = ['escape' => false];
+        $defaults = ['escape' => true];
         $options = is_null($options) ? [] : $options;
         $options = array_merge($defaults, $options);
         $iconDefaults = $this->config('iconDefaults');

FileManager/src/Template/Admin/Attachments/browse.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $this->Html->script('Croogo/FileManager.attachments/browse', ['block' => true]);
             'class' => 'text-muted',
         ]);
 
-        $cardHeader = $this->Html->div('card-header', $attachment->title);
+        $cardHeader = $this->Html->div('card-header', h($attachment->title));
         $cardBlock = $this->Html->div('card-body', $thumbnail);
         $cardFooter = $this->Html->div('card-footer', $footerText);
         $card = $this->Html->div('card text-center selector',

FileManager/src/Template/Admin/Attachments/edit.ctp+2 −1 modified

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_edit');
 
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Attachments'),
         ['plugin' => 'Croogo/FileManager', 'controller' => 'attachments', 'action' => 'index'])
-    ->add($attachment->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    ->add(h($attachment->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
 $this->append('form-start', $this->Form->create($attachment));
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ else:
 endif;
 $preview = $this->Html->link($imgUrl, $attachment->path, [
     'data-toggle' => 'lightbox',
+    'escape' => false,
 ]);
 echo $this->Html->beginBox(__d('croogo', 'Preview')) . $preview;
 echo $this->Html->endBox();

FileManager/src/Template/Admin/Attachments/index.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
         $this->Form->checkbox('Attachments.' . $attachment->id . '.id', ['class' => 'row-select']),
         $attachment->id,
         $thumbnail,
-        $this->Html->tag('div', $attachment->title, ['class' => 'ellipsis']),
+        $this->Html->tag('div', h($attachment->title), ['class' => 'ellipsis']),
         $this->Html->tag('div',
             $this->Html->link($this->Url->build($attachment->path, true), $attachment->path, ['target' => '_blank']),
             ['class' => 'ellipsis']),

Menus/src/Template/Admin/Links/form.ctp+2 −2 modified

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $this->Croogo->adminScript('Croogo/Menus.admin');
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Menus'), ['controller' => 'Menus', 'action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($menu->title, [
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($menu->title), [
                 'action' => 'index',
                 '?' => ['menu_id' => $menu->id],
             ])
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {
 }
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($menu->title, [
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($menu->title), [
             'action' => 'index',
             '?' => ['menu_id' => $menu->id],
         ])

Menus/src/Template/Admin/Links/index.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $this->Croogo->adminscript('Croogo/Menus.admin');
 $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_index');
 
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Menus'), ['controller' => 'Menus', 'action' => 'index'])
-    ->add(__d('croogo', $menu->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    ->add(h(__d('croogo', $menu->title)), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
 $this->append('action-buttons');
 echo $this->Croogo->adminAction(__d('croogo', 'New link'), ['action' => 'add', 'menu_id' => $menu->id], ['button' => 'success']);

Menus/src/Template/Admin/Menus/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $this->extend('Croogo/Core./Common/admin_edit');
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Menus'), ['action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($menu->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($menu->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'Edit Menu'));
 }

Meta/src/Template/Admin/Meta/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Settings'), ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Settings
 $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Meta'), ['action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($$viewVar->key, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($$viewVar->key), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'Edit Meta'));
 }

Nodes/src/Template/Admin/Nodes/form.ctp+7 −11 modified

@@ -13,30 +13,26 @@ if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'Create content: %s', $type->title));
 
     $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Create'), ['action' => 'create'])
-        ->add($type->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+        ->add(h($type->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($node->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget(), [
-        'innerAttrs' => [
-            'title' => $node->title,
-        ],
-    ]);
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($node->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 $this->append('form-start', $this->Form->create($node, [
     'class' => 'protected-form',
 ]));
 
 $this->start('tab-heading');
-    echo $this->Croogo->adminTab(__d('croogo', $type->title), '#node-main');
+    echo $this->Croogo->adminTab(__d('croogo', h($type->title)), '#node-main');
 $this->end();
 
 $this->start('tab-content');
     echo $this->Html->tabStart('node-main');
         echo $this->Form->input('title', [
             'label' => false,
-            'placeholder' => __d('croogo', '%s title', $type->title),
+            'placeholder' => __d('croogo', '%s title', h($type->title)),
             'data-slug' => '#slug',
             'data-slug-editable' => true,
             'data-slug-edit-class' => 'btn btn-secondary btn-sm',
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ $this->start('panels');
     $username = isset($node->user->username) ? $node->user->username : $this->request->session()
         ->read('Auth.User.username');
     echo $this->Html->beginBox(__d('croogo', 'Publishing'));
-    echo $this->element('Croogo/Core.admin/buttons', ['type' => $type->title]);
+    echo $this->element('Croogo/Core.admin/buttons', ['type' => h($type->title)]);
     echo $this->element('Croogo/Core.admin/publishable');
 
     echo $this->Form->input('promote', [
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ $this->start('panels');
     ]);
     echo $this->Html->endBox();
 
-    echo $this->Html->beginBox(__d('croogo', '%s attributes', $type->title));
+    echo $this->Html->beginBox(__d('croogo', '%s attributes', h($type->title)));
         echo $this->Form->autocomplete('user_id', [
             'label' => __d('croogo', 'Author'),
             'options' => $users,
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ $this->start('panels');
             'options' => $parents,
             'default' => $node->parent_id,
             'autocomplete' => [
-                'default' => $node->parent ? $node->parent->title : null,
+                'default' => $node->parent ? h($node->parent->title) : null,
                 'data-displayField' => 'title',
                 'data-queryField' => 'title',
                 'data-relatedElement' => '#parent-id',

Nodes/src/Template/Nodes/view.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $this->assign('title', $node->title);
 $this->Nodes->set($node);
 ?>
 <div id="node-<?= $this->Nodes->field('id') ?>" class="node node-type-<?= $this->Nodes->field('type') ?>">
-    <h2><?= $this->Nodes->field('title') ?></h2>
+    <h2><?= h($this->Nodes->field('title')) ?></h2>
     <?php
         echo $this->Nodes->info();
         echo $this->Nodes->body();

Settings/src/Template/Admin/Settings/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs
     ]);
 
 if ($this->request->param('action') == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($setting->key, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($setting->key), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->param('action') == 'add') {

Settings/src/Template/Admin/Settings/index.ctp+4 −4 modified

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs
         'controller' => 'Settings',
         'action' => 'index',
     ));
-if (!empty($this->request->params['named']['p'])) {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($this->request->params['named']['p']);
-}
+if ($this->request->getQuery('key')):
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($this->request->getQuery('key')));
+endif;
 $this->start('table-heading');
     $tableHeaders = $this->Html->tableHeaders(array(
         $this->Paginator->sort('id', __d('croogo', 'Id')),
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $this->append('table-body');
         $rows[] = array(
             $setting->id,
             $this->Html->link($keyPrefix, array('controller' => 'Settings', 'action' => 'index', '?' => array('key' => $keyPrefix))) . $keyTitle,
-            $this->Text->truncate($setting->value, 20),
+            $this->Text->truncate(h($setting->value), 20),
             $this->Html->status($setting->editable),
             $actions,
         );

Taxonomy/src/Template/Admin/Terms/index.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Content'),
         ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Nodes', 'controller' => 'Nodes', 'action' => 'index'])
     ->add(__d('croogo', 'Vocabularies'),
         ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Taxonomy', 'controller' => 'Vocabularies', 'action' => 'index'])
-    ->add($vocabulary->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    ->add(h($vocabulary->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 
 $this->append('action-buttons');
 echo $this->Croogo->adminAction(__d('croogo', 'Create term'), [

Taxonomy/src/Template/Admin/Types/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'edit') {
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'Edit Type'));
 
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($type->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($type->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->params['action'] == 'add') {

Users/src/Template/Admin/Roles/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs
     ->add(__d('croogo', 'Roles'), ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Users', 'controller' => 'Roles', 'action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->param('action') == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($role->title, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($role->title), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
 }
 
 if ($this->request->param('action') == 'add') {

Users/src/Template/Admin/Users/form.ctp+1 −1 modified

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $this->Breadcrumbs->add(__d('croogo', 'Users'),
         ['plugin' => 'Croogo/Users', 'controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index']);
 
 if ($this->request->param('action') == 'edit') {
-    $this->Breadcrumbs->add($user->name, $this->request->getRequestTarget());
+    $this->Breadcrumbs->add(h($user->name), $this->request->getRequestTarget());
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'Edit user %s', $user->username));
 } else {
     $this->assign('title', __d('croogo', 'New user'));

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6q8-8wgx-8hm7ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7171ghsaADVISORY
github.com/croogo/croogo/commit/cafaaabe2cef3d1d83652370e30563e6ad7c4158ghsaWEB
github.com/croogo/croogo/issues/887ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB

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