ThehiveApplication · Strangebee

CVE-2024-22877

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-01-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 5.2.8 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 to 5.2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the case reporting functionality. This feature allows an attacker to insert malicious JavaScript code inside the template or its variables, that will be executed in the context of the TheHive application when the HTML report is opened.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

TheHive 5.2.0 to 5.2.8 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the case reporting functionality. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code into report templates or their variables, which executes when users open the generated HTML report in the application context.

MitigationUpgrade to TheHive version 5.2.9 or later which contains the security patch. Alternatively, implement strict input validation and output encoding on the template rendering engine to neutralize malicious script payloads.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ThehiveApplication
Affected:>= 5.2.0, <= 5.2.8

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify TheHive version
    Check the installed TheHive version by accessing the application admin interface, checking the built-in /api/version endpoint, or reviewing system package information (e.g., dpkg, rpm, or Docker image tag)
    Affected if The installed version is 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, or 5.2.8
  2. Confirm case reporting is in use
    Navigate to TheHive case management interface and verify that the report generation feature has been used or templates exist. Check for any custom report templates in the configuration or database.
    Affected if Case reports have been generated or custom report templates exist in the system
  3. Inspect report templates for injected scripts
    Access the report template configuration (typically found in the admin settings under Report Templates or Case Templates) and examine the template content and variable values for suspicious JavaScript tags, event handlers, or encoded payloads
    Affected if Any report template contains unescaped HTML, script tags, or JavaScript event handlers in template fields or variable values
  4. Review recent case reports for malicious content
    Examine recent HTML reports generated through TheHive by opening them in the application and inspecting the page source, or check the underlying report data in the database for patterns like <script, javascript:, onerror, onload, or other XSS vectors
    Affected if Any generated HTML reports contain unsanitized user-supplied content that could execute JavaScript

You are affected if TheHive version 5.2.0 through 5.2.8 is running AND the case reporting feature has been used with templates containing unsanitized input that could execute malicious scripts when reports are viewed.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 5.2.8
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to TheHive version 5.2.9 or later which contains the security patch. Alternatively, implement strict input validation and output encoding on the template rendering engine to neutralize malicious script payloads.

Fix this in Thehive Scoped from the published advisory
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