Contributor-level stored XSS via unescaped shortcode attributes
Published May 30, 2023 · Updated Jan 9, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in OSM – OpenStreetMap before 6.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute script via a crafted shortcode. The shortcode renderer inserts attributes such as map_border into generated HTML without validating or escaping embedded attribute syntax. Contributor access is sufficient to store the payload, and execution requires another user to view or interact with the affected map content.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in OSM – OpenStreetMap before 6.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute script via a crafted shortcode. The shortcode renderer inserts attributes such as map_border into generated HTML without validating or escaping embedded attribute syntax. Contributor access is sufficient to store the payload, and execution requires another user to view or interact with the affected map content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4676
- Published
- May 30, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 9, 2025
- Vendor
- OpenStreetMap
- Product
- OSM – OpenStreetMap
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=6.01
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Public exploit references
- OSM map_border shortcode stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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