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Atlas translations for Open edX missing validation

High
magajh published GHSA-fg8c-2pvj-wx3j Aug 23, 2024

Package

edx-platform (edx-platform)

Affected versions

redwood, master

Patched versions

None

Description

Impact

Before moving to pulling translations from the openedx-translations repository via openedx-atlas as described in OEP-58, translations in the edx-platform repository were validated using edx-i18n-tools. This validation included protection against malformed translations and translations-based script injections.

Prior to this patch, the validation implemented in the openedx-translations repository did not include the same protections.

We have inspected the translations in the edx-platform directory of both the main and open-release/redwood.master branches of the openedx-translations repository and found no evidence of exploited translation strings.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

We have updated the openedx-translations repository to utilize edx-i18n-tools for validation.

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2024-43782

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits