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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Network-reachable app, low-privilege auth required, scope changes to victim browser with high confidentiality (session token) and integrity (admin takeover) impact.
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Stored cross-site scripting in the participant URL handling in AWS Ops Wheel before PR #168 might allow an authenticated remote user to steal session tokens and escalate to full administrative control of the deployed instance via a crafted participant_url value containing a dangerous URI scheme.
To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the latest version of aws-ops-wheel.
AnalysisAI
Stored cross-site scripting in AWS Ops Wheel's participant URL handling allows an authenticated user to inject persistent malicious JavaScript via a crafted participant_url containing a dangerous URI scheme (e.g., javascript:). When a higher-privileged user - most critically an administrator - views the affected participant entry, the payload executes in their browser, enabling session token theft and full administrative takeover of the deployed instance. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis; remediation requires redeployment from the latest source incorporating PR #168.
Technical ContextAI
CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) describes the root cause: the participant_url field is rendered back into the page without adequate sanitization of URI schemes, permitting javascript: or data: URI payloads to be stored and later executed. AWS Ops Wheel (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:aws:aws_ops_wheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is an open-source Amazon-maintained web application for managing on-call rotations and team spin-wheels. The CVSS 4.0 vector explicitly models this as a scope-affecting flaw - vulnerable system impact is nil (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N) but subsequent system impact is high (SC:H/SI:H), reflecting that the exploit targets the victim's browser session rather than the server directly. The attack requires low privileges (PR:L) and active user interaction from a victim (UI:A), consistent with a stored XSS that only fires when viewed.
RemediationAI
Upstream fix available via PR #168; no independently confirmed tagged release version was provided in the advisory data. Organizations should redeploy AWS Ops Wheel from the latest source on the main branch, which incorporates the fix for participant_url sanitization, per the vendor advisory at https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-068-aws/. As a compensating control prior to redeployment, administrators should restrict write access to participant entries to the most trusted users only, reducing the attacker's ability to plant a payload. Additionally, Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can be evaluated for deployment to block inline script execution and dangerous URI schemes, though this requires application-level configuration and may not be available in all deployment configurations of this tool. Monitoring audit logs for unexpected participant_url values containing 'javascript:' or 'data:' substrings can serve as a detection measure.
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EUVD-2026-51594