Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2022-4927ualbertalib NEOSDiscovery _refworks.html.erb reverse tabnabbing
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in NEOSDiscovery from ualbertalib. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was found in ualbertalib NEOSDiscovery 1.0.70 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file app/views/bookmarks/_refworks.html.erb. The manipulation leads to use of web link to untrusted target with window.opener access. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.71 is able to address this issue. The patch is named abe9f57123e0c278ae190cd7402a623d66c51375. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222287.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ualbertalib | NEOSDiscovery | 1.0.70 |
Weakness: CWE-1022 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.222287 vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.222287 signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/ualbertalib/NEOSDiscovery/pull/547 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/ualbertalib/NEOSDiscovery/commit/abe9f57123e0c278ae190cd7402a623d66c51375 patch
- https://github.com/ualbertalib/NEOSDiscovery/releases/tag/1.0.71 patch