CVE-2024-53713
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in rickota Silverlight Video Player smooth-streaming-player allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Silverlight Video Player: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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 · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in rickota Silverlight Video Player smooth-streaming-player enables Stored XSS attacks. Attackers can trick authenticated users into submitting malicious requests that persist malicious scripts within the video player.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify rickota Silverlight Video Player installationSearch for files or components named 'silverlight', 'smooth-streaming-player', or 'rickota' in your web application directories, or check your application's JavaScript/library references for the rickota playerAffected if The rickota Silverlight Video Player is present in the environment
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Determine the player versionCheck version information in the player's JavaScript files, configuration files, or HTTP response headers when the player loads. Compare against any available version documentationAffected if No version information is available or the installed version cannot be determined from official sources
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Inspect state-changing endpoints for CSRF protectionExamine the application's forms, API endpoints, or requests that modify player configuration or content. Look for CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, or Referer validation in the request headersAffected if State-changing endpoints lack CSRF token validation or other anti-CSRF mechanisms
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Test for stored XSS via player endpointsSubmit malicious script payloads through player configuration interfaces (such as playlist URLs, titles, or metadata fields) and verify if the content is reflected without sanitization when the player loadsAffected if User-supplied content in player configurations is stored and displayed without proper sanitization or escaping
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Review authentication and session handlingCheck whether the player or its admin interface requires authenticated sessions for state-changing operations, and whether those sessions enforce proper CSRF protectionsAffected if Authenticated users can be tricked into unknowingly submitting requests that persist malicious content
If the rickota Silverlight Video Player is deployed and state-changing endpoints lack CSRF token validation, the environment is vulnerable to stored XSS attacks via CVE-2024-53713.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement CSRF token validation on state-changing endpoints and apply proper input sanitization/escaping for all user-supplied content to prevent stored XSS.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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