CVE-2021-32745
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Collabora Online prior to version 6.4.9-5, identified as CVE-2021-32745. The vulnerability was disclosed on July 21, 2021, affecting Collabora Online versions between 4.2 and 6.4.9-5 (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) according to NVD, and 7.3 (HIGH) according to GitHub. The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requires no privileges (PR:N). The vulnerability allows unescaped HTML injection during the creation of the Collabora Online iframe (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability would give attackers access to user settings stored in the browser and the session's authentication token that was passed during iframe creation time. The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to user data and potential session hijacking (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in Collabora Online version 6.4.9-5. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or higher. It's worth noting that Collabora Online 4.2 is not affected by this vulnerability (GitHub Advisory).

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