Summary
This vulnerability affects all installations of Open-AudIT prior to version 1.6.2.
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Users are advised to upgrade ASAP.
Details
A vulnerability affecting the web view files is caused because of insufficient output escaping. The vulnerability requires an Admin level user to purposely insert javascript into a field that can be displayed in the web pages. This issue has been addressed by a review of all web view files in Open-AudIT to ensure all output is sufficiently escaped before being sent to the browser.
Severity: Medium
The conditions of successful exploitation are that the attacker must have Admin level access to Open-AudIT and maliciously insert javascript code to a field that is (was) not correctly escaped prior to browser output.
Products Affected
Open-AudIT 1.6 for Windows and earlier. Open-AudIT Enterprise is not affected by this vulnerability.
Available Updates
A patch for the issue described in this bulletin is available in the newly released Open-AudIT v1.6.2. This release is available now on http://www.openaudit.org and https://opmantek.com.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Upgrade to Open-AudIT 1.6.2
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