Medium, CVSS 5.3PyPIAmendedPublished
Cross-site scripting in recommender-xblock
CVE-2018-20858 · GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm
- Affected
- PyPI recommender-xblock < 1.3.1
- Fixed in
- 1.3.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Recommender before 1.3.1 allows XSS. It is possible for a learner to craft a fake resource to recommender, that includes script which could possibly steal credentials from staff if they are lured into viewing the recommended resource.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.3.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.