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Stored XSS in Quick Post widget error message

Low
angrybrad published GHSA-3wxg-w96j-8hq9 May 25, 2023

Package

craftcms/cms (Craft CMS)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0-RC1, <= 4.4.5
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.8.5

Patched versions

4.4.6
3.8.6

Description

Summary

The platform does not filter input and encode output in Quick Post validation error message, which can deliver an XSS payload.

Details

Old CVE fixed the XSS in label HTML but didn’t fix it when clicking save.

PoC

  1. Login at admin

  2. Go to setting

  3. Create a Section

  4. On Entry page, click Edit label

  5. Inject the XSS payload into the label and save

  6. On the admin dashboard choose new widget -> Quick Post

  7. In Quick Post, click save with blank slug; The XSS will be executed

    "errors":{"title":["<script>alert('nono')</script> cannot be blank."],"slug":["Slug cannot be blank."]

Fixed in 9d0cd0b

Severity

Low
3.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2023-33194

Weaknesses

Credits