Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft URL with XSS payload in $sFilter parameter
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DeliveryPhish authenticated iTop user into clicking crafted link
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Exploittagadmin.php reflects unsanitized $sFilter into HTML response
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ExecutionMalicious script executes in victim's authenticated browser session
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ImpactExfiltrate session token or perform privileged iTop actions
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires two prerequisites: (1) the attacker must socially engineer an already-authenticated iTop user (PR:L per CVSS vector) into clicking a crafted URL - unauthenticated users cannot trigger the vulnerability because the tagadmin.php page requires login; (2) the victim must actively interact with the malicious link (UI:R per CVSS vector). The tag administration feature (pages/tagadmin.php) must be accessible to the victim's account role. What limits exploitation: the attacker cannot force interaction; the victim's session is required; and the attack surface is confined to a specific administrative page rather than the entire application. Default iTop deployments with administrator-only access to tagadmin.php reduce the viable victim pool, though any role granted tag administration access is a potential target. |
| Impact | The vendor-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 8.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) requires both an authenticated user (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R), which meaningfully constrains exploitation compared to unauthenticated or zero-click vulnerabilities. The high C/I/A impact ratings reflect the potential to fully compromise an authenticated session - an attacker who hijacks an iTop admin session gains full control over the ITSM configuration and data. However, the A:H rating is aggressive for reflected XSS, which does not typically cause direct availability disruption; this appears to account for worst-case admin-session abuse. No EPSS data was provided, no CISA KEV listing exists, and no public exploit code has been identified, suggesting this is a moderate real-world priority despite the numerical score. The primary realistic risk is targeted phishing of iTop administrators via crafted links, not opportunistic mass scanning. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker targeting an iTop administrator constructs a URL pointing to pages/tagadmin.php with a crafted $sFilter parameter containing a JavaScript payload (e.g., a cookie-stealing script) and sends it via phishing email or embedded link. When the administrator clicks the link while authenticated to iTop, the unsanitized parameter is reflected into the page HTML and the script executes in their browser, transmitting their session token to an attacker-controlled endpoint. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified, but the vulnerability pattern is straightforward to exploit given knowledge of the affected parameter. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 21, 2026
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Combodo iTop's tagadmin.php page allows an authenticated attacker to craft a malicious URL that, when visited by another authenticated user, executes arbitrary JavaScript in their browser session. All iTop installations prior to version 3.2.3 are affected, with the vulnerability root-caused to the $sFilter request parameter being reflected into HTML output without sanitization. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, but the high CVSS impact scores reflect the realistic potential for session hijacking or privilege escalation within the iTop management interface.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Combodo iTop version 3.2.3 or later, which includes the fix documented in commit ab8e7bd15ed251ad4fbe8d4d1b17474b2d688fba - the addition of utils::EscapeHtml($sFilter) in pages/tagadmin.php. The vendor security advisory is available at https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/security/advisories/GHSA-m27p-8qgh-857g. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict access to pages/tagadmin.php via web server configuration (e.g., Apache mod_rewrite or nginx location blocks) to limit exposure to trusted internal IP ranges only, accepting the trade-off that tag administration becomes inaccessible from external networks. Enforcing Content-Security-Policy (CSP) headers that block inline script execution is an additional layer of defense but may conflict with iTop's existing JavaScript dependencies and requires testing before deployment.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Combodo iTop is a PHP-based web application (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) where the tag administration page at pages/tagadmin.php accepts a filter parameter ($sFilter) and directly embedded it into the HTTP response without HTML encoding. The commit diff at ab8e7bd confirms the root cause: the single remediation line added was $sFilter = utils::EscapeHtml($sFilter);, meaning the raw user-controlled value was previously passed directly to rendered output. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:combodo:itop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all versions prior to 3.2.3. This is a classic reflected (Type 1) XSS pattern where attacker-controlled input in a GET or POST parameter is echoed back to the browser without output encoding.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reflected XSS via network with low-privilege auth and required user click; availability impact reduced to Low as XSS does not directly disrupt service.
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Combodo iTop is a web based IT service management tool. Prior to 3.2.3, 3.2.3, there is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pages/tagadmin.php. This issue has been fixed in version 3.2.3.
Executive ViewAI
Combodo iTop versions prior to 3.2.3 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the tagadmin.php interface that enables authenticated attackers to hijack user sessions and escalate privileges within the infrastructure management platform. Organizations deploying iTop should prioritize patching, as successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized administrative access and data exfiltration affecting IT operations and compliance posture.
Apply vendor patch. If patching cannot be completed immediately, restrict network access to the tagadmin.php endpoint to trusted administrator IP ranges and require additional authentication verification (such as multi-factor authentication) for administrative sessions until systems can be updated to iTop 3.2.3.
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