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Severity
10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A Server-Side Freemarker template injection vulnerability in halo CMS v1.1.3 In the Edit Theme File function. The ftl file can be edited. This is the Freemarker template file. This file can cause arbitrary code execution when it is rendered in the background. exp: <#assign test="freemarker.template.utility.Execute"?new()> ${test("touch /tmp/freemarkerPwned")}

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remote Code Executon vulnerability in Halo 0.4.3 via the remoteAddr and themeName parameters.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in halo V1.1.3. A Zip Slip Directory Traversal Vulnerability in the backend,the attacker can overwrite some files, such as ftl files, .bashrc files in the user directory, and finally get the permissions of the operating system.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An Arbitrary file writing vulnerability in halo v1.1.3. In an interface to write files in the background, a directory traversal check is performed on the input path parameter, but the startsWith function can be used to bypass it.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Halo CMS v1.5.3 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via the component /api/admin/attachments/upload.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
SSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Halo CMS v1.5.3 was discovered to contain a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the template remote download function.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Elsight – Elsight Halo  Remote Code Execution (RCE) Elsight Halo web panel allows us to perform connection validation. through the POST request : /api/v1/nics/wifi/wlan0/ping we can abuse DESTINATION parameter and leverage it to remote code execution.

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Source: MITRE

Remedy

Update to version 10.6.1
First published (updated )
Severity
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

File Deletion vulnerability in Halo 0.4.3 via delBackup.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.1
XEE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

There is a XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in halo v1.1.3, The function of importing other blogs in the background(/api/admin/migrations/wordpress) needs to parse the xml file, but it is not used for security defense, This vulnerability can detect the intranet, read files, enable ddos attacks, etc. exp:https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/issues/423

First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

There is an Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in halo v1.1.3. A backup function in the background allows a user, when deleting their backup files, to delete any files on the system through directory traversal.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
SSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSRF vulnerability in Halo <=1.3.2 exists in the SMTP configuration, which can detect the server intranet.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Halo V1.1.3 is affected by: Arbitrary File reading. In an interface that reads files in halo v1.1.3, a directory traversal check is performed on the input path parameter, but the startsWith function can be used to bypass it.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Halo Blog CMS v1.4.17 was discovered to allow attackers to upload arbitrary files via the Attachment Upload function.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
SSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Halo before 1.2.0-beta.1 allows Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) because TemplateClassResolver.SAFERRESOLVER is not used in the FreeMarker configuration.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.19.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.19.0.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

halo v1.6.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Cross Siste Scripting (XSS) vulnerablity in Halo 0.4.3 via the X-forwarded-for Header parameter.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Halo 1.1.3 via post publish components in the manage panel, which lets a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Halo 1.1.0 has XSS via a crafted authorUrl in JSON data to api/content/posts/comments.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Cross Sie Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Halo 0.4.3 via CommentAuthorUrl.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Halo blog 1.2.0 allows users to submit comments on blog posts via /api/content/posts/comments. The javascript code supplied by the attacker will then execute in the victim user's browser.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

In halo 1.4.14, the function point of uploading the avatar, any file can be uploaded, such as uploading an HTML file, which will cause a stored XSS vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Incorrect Access Control vulnearbility in Halo 0.4.3, which allows a malicious user to bypass encrption to view encrpted articles via cookies.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

In Halo, versions v1.0.0 to v1.4.17 (latest) are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the article tag. An authenticated admin attacker can inject arbitrary javascript code that will execute on a victim’s server.

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