📄 Description (English)
SOGo before 5.12.5 is prone to a XSS vulnerability with events, tasks, and contacts categories.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
SOGo versions before 5.12.5 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in events, tasks, and contacts modules that could allow authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. While the CVSS score is moderate (6.4), the vulnerability affects widely-deployed groupware systems used across Saudi organizations for email and collaboration. Immediate patching to version 5.12.5 or later is recommended to prevent potential data theft and session hijacking.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 14, 2026 06:01
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
SOGo is commonly deployed in Saudi government agencies, educational institutions, and medium-sized enterprises for email and collaboration services. The XSS vulnerability in events, tasks, and contacts could allow authenticated users to compromise other users' sessions, steal sensitive information, or perform unauthorized actions on behalf of victims. Government entities under NCA oversight and organizations handling sensitive communications are at elevated risk. The vulnerability is particularly concerning for organizations using SOGo as their primary groupware solution without additional security controls.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Education
Healthcare
Banking
Telecommunications
Energy
Medium-sized Enterprises
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Identify all SOGo instances in your environment and document current versions
- Restrict access to SOGo to trusted networks if possible
- Review access logs for suspicious activity in events, tasks, and contacts modules
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Upgrade SOGo to version 5.12.5 or later immediately
- Test patches in a non-production environment first
- Schedule maintenance windows for production upgrades
- Verify functionality of events, tasks, and contacts after patching
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching not possible):
- Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect XSS payloads in event/task/contact submissions
- Enable Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict script execution
- Disable or restrict event/task/contact creation for non-essential users
- Monitor for suspicious JavaScript patterns in database queries
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor for script tags (<script>) in event titles, task descriptions, and contact fields
- Alert on unusual JavaScript event handlers (onclick, onload, onerror) in SOGo data
- Track modifications to events, tasks, and contacts by privileged accounts
- Monitor for base64-encoded payloads in these modules
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- حدد جميع مثيلات SOGo في بيئتك وتوثيق الإصدارات الحالية
- قيد الوصول إلى SOGo للشبكات الموثوقة إن أمكن
- راجع سجلات الوصول للنشاط المريب في وحدات الأحداث والمهام والجهات الاتصالية
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- ترقية SOGo إلى الإصدار 5.12.5 أو أحدث فوراً
- اختبر التصحيحات في بيئة غير إنتاجية أولاً
- جدول نوافذ الصيانة لترقيات الإنتاج
- تحقق من وظائف الأحداث والمهام والجهات الاتصالية بعد التصحيح
3. الضوابط البديلة (إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً):
- تطبيق قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن حمولات XSS في تقديمات الأحداث/المهام/الجهات الاتصالية
- تفعيل رؤوس سياسة أمان المحتوى (CSP) لتقييد تنفيذ البرامج النصية
- تعطيل أو تقييد إنشاء الأحداث/المهام/الجهات الاتصالية للمستخدمين غير الأساسيين
- مراقبة أنماط JavaScript المريبة في استعلامات قاعدة البيانات
4. قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة علامات البرامج النصية (<script>) في عناوين الأحداث وأوصاف المهام وحقول الجهات الاتصالية
- تنبيه على معالجات JavaScript غير العادية (onclick, onload, onerror) في بيانات SOGo
- تتبع التعديلات على الأحداث والمهام والجهات الاتصالية من قبل الحسابات المميزة
- مراقبة الحمولات المشفرة بـ base64 في هذه الوحدات
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures
A.6.1.1 - Access control policy
A.6.2.1 - User registration and access rights management
A.13.1.1 - Information security incident procedures
A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.GV-1 - Organizational processes to manage cybersecurity risk
PR.AC-1 - Identities and credentials are managed for authorized devices and users
PR.DS-2 - Data-in-transit is protected
DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events
RS.RP-1 - Response plan is executed during or after an incident
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1 - Management direction for information security
A.6.1 - Screening
A.6.2 - User access management
A.13.1 - Information security change management
A.14.2 - Secure development policy and procedures
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
6.5.7 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention
6.2 - Ensure security patches are installed within one month of release
🔗 References & Sources 1
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
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