CVE-2024-21637 (GCVE-0-2024-21637)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-11 05:49
Modified
2025-06-17 21:09
Severity ?
7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
Authentik is an open-source Identity Provider. Authentik is a vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via JavaScript-URIs in OpenID Connect flows with `response_mode=form_post`. This relatively user could use the described attacks to perform a privilege escalation. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 2023.10.6 and 2023.8.6.
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Vendor Product Version
goauthentik authentik Version: <= 2023.10.5
Version: <= 2023.8.5
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