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ZITADEL has improper HTML sanitization in emails and Console UI

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 31, 2024 in zitadel/zitadel • Updated Aug 7, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go)

Affected versions

>= 2.52.0, < 2.52.3
>= 2.53.0, < 2.53.9
>= 2.54.0, < 2.54.8
>= 2.55.0, < 2.55.5
>= 2.56.0, < 2.56.2
= 2.57.0
= 2.58.0

Patched versions

2.52.3
2.53.9
2.54.8
2.55.5
2.56.2
2.57.1
2.58.1

Description

Impact

ZITADEL uses HTML for emails and renders certain information such as usernames dynamically. That information can be entered by users or administrators. Due to a missing output sanitization, these emails could include malicious code.
This may potentially lead to a threat where an attacker, without privileges, could send out altered notifications that are part of the registration processes. An attacker could create a malicious link, where the injected code would be rendered as part of the email.

During investigation of this issue a related issue was found and mitigated, where on the user's detail page the username was not sanitized and would also render HTML, giving an attacker the same vulnerability.

While it was possible to inject HTML including javascript, the execution of such scripts would be prevented by most email clients and the Content Security Policy in Console UI.

Patches

2.x versions are fixed on >= 2.58.1
2.57.x versions are fixed on >= 2.57.1
2.56.x versions are fixed on >= 2.56.2
2.55.x versions are fixed on >= 2.55.5
2.54.x versions are fixed on >= 2.54.8
2.53.x versions are fixed on >= 2.53.9
2.52.x versions are fixed on >= 2.52.9

Workarounds

There is no workaround since a patch is already available.

Questions

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [email protected]

Credits

Thanks to Sushmita Poudel and David Underwood for reporting this.

References

@livio-a livio-a published to zitadel/zitadel Jul 31, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 31, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 31, 2024
Reviewed Jul 31, 2024
Last updated Aug 7, 2024

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.046%
(18th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-41953

GHSA ID

GHSA-v333-7h2p-5fhv

Source code

Credits

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