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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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-38503
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache Syncope: HTML tags can be injected into Console or Enduser text fields
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 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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