Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-47531Scout contains insufficient output escaping of attachment names

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in scout from Clinical-Genomics. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Scout is a web-based visualizer for VCF-files. Due to the lack of sanitization in the filename, it is possible bypass intended file extension and make users download malicious files with any extension. With malicious content injected inside the file data and users unknowingly downloading it and opening may lead to the compromise of users' devices or data. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.89.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Clinical-Genomics	scout	<= 4.88.1

Weakness: CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/scout/security/advisories/GHSA-24xv-q29v-3h6r x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/scout/commit/f59e50f8ea596e641da8a0e9c7a33c0696bcbea5 x_refsource_MISC