CVE-2024-54429
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 ivan-ovsyannikov Aphorismus aphorismus allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Aphorismus: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in Aphorismus version 1.2.0 and below allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through forged requests that exploit the application's lack of anti-CSRF protection, resulting in Stored XSS when other users view the injected content.
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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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Locate Aphorismus installation and versionSearch the application codebase or configuration files for a version identifier (e.g., version.php, package.json, or a version constant). Compare the found version to 1.2.0 or below.Affected if The installed version is 1.2.0 or any earlier version of Aphorismus.
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Identify state-changing operationsReview the application's source code for forms or API endpoints that modify data, such as submitting quotes, comments, or user profiles. Look for POST/PUT requests handling user input.Affected if The application contains input forms or endpoints that accept and store user-submitted content.
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Check for anti-CSRF mechanismsInspect the identified state-changing forms and endpoints for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens, Origin header validation, or Referer header checks in the server-side code.Affected if State-changing operations lack anti-CSRF tokens and do not validate Origin or Referer headers.
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Identify stored content displayLocate the code paths that retrieve and render stored user content (e.g., quotes, comments) to other users. Check if user input is rendered without proper output encoding.Affected if User-submitted content is stored and displayed to other users without context-aware output encoding, enabling stored XSS.
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Test for CSRF token absenceSubmit a forged request to a state-changing endpoint without any CSRF token or with a manipulated token. Observe whether the request is processed successfully.Affected if Forged requests without valid CSRF tokens are accepted and processed by the application.
You are affected if Aphorismus version 1.2.0 or below is installed AND the application lacks anti-CSRF protection on state-changing operations that store user content, allowing stored XSS to be triggered via forged requests.
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 anti-CSRF tokens for state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers to prevent forged requests from injecting persistent malicious scripts.
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