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CVE-2023-33495: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Craft CMS through version 4.4.9 was discovered to be vulnerable to HTML Injection. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 20, 2023, and affects the Craft CMS platform, which is used for creating custom digital experiences on the web (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML code into the application via the Redactor plugin. The issue occurs when user input is not properly sanitized and the output is not encoded. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious HTML code that could redirect users to potentially harmful websites. This compromises the application's integrity and could be used to trick users into visiting malicious web pages. The attack requires user interaction to be successful (Medium Blog).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in versions after 4.4.9. Users are advised to upgrade to a newer version of Craft CMS to mitigate this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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