Vulnerability in KOHA Library System (CVE-2018-1000670)

Summary

Vulnerability in KOHA Library System (CVE-2018-1000670). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 17.11 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

KOHA Library System version 16.11.x (up until 16.11.13) and 17.05.x (up until 17.05.05) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Multiple fields on multiple pages including /cgi-bin/koha/acqui/supplier.pl?op=enter , /cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?borrowernumber=[number] , /cgi-bin/koha/serials/subscription-add.pl that can result in Privilege escalation by taking control of higher privileged users browser sessions. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victims must be socially engineered to visit a vulnerable webpage containing malicious payload. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 17.11.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-1000670 has been found in KOHA Library System.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade KOHA Library System to 17.11 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "KOHA Library System CVE-2018-1000670" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2018-1000670 (KOHA Library System)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 17.11 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in KOHA Library System.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of KOHA Library System.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 17.11.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで KOHA Library System を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
2
Apply patch patch
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Upgrade KOHA Library System to 17.11
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ステージング環境で 17.11 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

report bugs.koha-community.org