CVE-2023-6359 — A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been found in Alumne LMS affectin

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been found in Alumne LMS affecting version 4.0.0.1.08. An attacker could exploit the 'localidad' parameter to inject a custom JavaScript payload and partially take over another user's browser session, due to the lack o

01What is this vulnerability?

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been found in Alumne LMS affecting version 4.0.0.1.08. An attacker could exploit the 'localidad' parameter to inject a custom JavaScript payload and partially take over another user's browser session, due to the lack of proper sanitisation of the 'localidad' field on the /users/editmy page.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Grupo Alumne	Alumne LMS	4.0.0.1.08

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-28T12:01:33.644Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:28:21.868Z

09References

• www.incibe.es — https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/cross-site-scripting-alumne-l…