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Apache Syncope: HTML tags can be injected into Console or Enduser text fields

Type: advisorySources: OSV

When editing a user, group or any object in the Syncope Console, HTML tags could be added to any text field and could lead to potential exploits. The same vulnerability was found in the Syncope Enduser, when editing “Personal Information” or “User Requests”. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.8, which fixes this issue.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-38503
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 16:42 UTC · Revision 1

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Apache Syncope: HTML tags can be injected into Console or Enduser text fields

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jul 2024, 09:46 UTC

When editing a user, group or any object in the Syncope Console, HTML tags could be added to any text field and could lead to potential exploits. The same vulnerability was found in the Syncope Enduser, when editing “Personal Information” or “User Requests”. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.8, which fixes this issue.

osv:CVE-2024-38503
Complete source record
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