CVE-2024-8776
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 · uneditedSmartRobot from INTUMIT does not properly validate a specific page parameter, allowing unautheticated remote attackers to inject JavaScript code to the parameter for Reflected Cross-site Scripting attacks.
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 confidenceSmartRobot from INTUMIT contains a reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper validation of a specific 'page' parameter. Unauthenticated remote attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code into this parameter, which gets executed in the victim's browser when the crafted URL is visited. The vulnerability is exploitable without authentication and affects the application's handling of page navigation parameters.
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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< 7.1.0CVSS 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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify SmartRobot installation and versionLocate the SmartRobot application and check its version number in the application interface, configuration files, or about page. Compare against the vulnerable range: versions prior to 7.1.0 are affected.Affected if The installed version is Intumit Smartrobot and is lower than 7.1.0
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Locate the page parameter endpointIdentify web URLs in the SmartRobot application that contain a 'page' parameter, typically used for navigation (e.g., /something?page=value). These are the potential attack vectors for reflected XSS.Affected if The application uses a 'page' parameter in its URL navigation that accepts user-supplied values
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Test for reflected input without sanitizationSubmit a harmless test string (e.g., <script>alert('test')</script> or a URL-encoded equivalent) in the 'page' parameter and examine if the application reflects this string back in the response without encoding or sanitization.Affected if The 'page' parameter value is reflected verbatim in the HTML response without proper encoding or input validation
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Verify lack of output encodingInspect the application's HTTP response when a crafted 'page' parameter is submitted. Check whether special characters like <, >, ", ' are HTML-encoded (e.g., < >) or remain as raw characters.Affected if Special characters in the 'page' parameter are rendered as raw text in the response rather than being entity-encoded
A user is affected if they are running Intumit Smartrobot version below 7.1.0 and the application reflects the 'page' parameter input back to the user without sanitization or encoding.
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.
dbcve · scoped7.1.0
Implement strict input validation for the 'page' parameter using whitelist approaches, and apply context-appropriate output encoding when rendering user-supplied values. Additionally, deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to provide defense-in-depth against XSS attacks.
7.1.0
- Obtain SmartRobot version 7.1.0 or later from the official INTUMIT vendor
- Follow the vendor's standard upgrade procedure for SmartRobot
- Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the SmartRobot version
- Test that the application functions normally after the upgrade
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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