DataTables 1.10.8 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 15 September 2015
Information -------------------- Advisory by Netsparker. Name: XSS Vulnerability in DataTables Affected Software : DataTables Affected Versions : 1.10.8 and possibly below Vendor Homepage : https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables Vulnerability Type : Cross-site Scripting Severity : Important Status : Fixed CVE-ID : CVE-2015-6584 Netsparker Advisory Reference : NS-15-014 Description -------------------- By exploiting a Cross-site scripting vulnerability the attacker can hijack a logged in user’s session. This means that the malicious hacker can change the logged in user’s password and invalidate the session of the victim while the hacker maintains access. As seen from the XSS example in this article, if a web application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and the administrator’s session is hijacked, the malicious hacker exploiting the vulnerability will have full admin privileges on that web application. Technical Details -------------------- Proof of Concept URL for XSS in DataTables: Page: 6776.php Parameter Name: scripts Parameter Type: GET Attack Pattern: http://example.com/DataTables-master/media/unit_testing/templates/6776.php?scripts='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00807E)</scRipt> For more information on cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities read the following article: https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/vulnerability-security-checks-index/cross-site-scripting-xss/ Advisory Timeline -------------------- 04/09/2015 - First Contact 08/09/2015 - Vendor Fixed 09/09/2015 - Advisory Released Credits & Authors -------------------- These issues have been discovered by Onur Yilmaz while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner (https://www.netsparker.com). About Netsparker -------------------- Netsparker finds and reports security flaws and vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all websites and web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique detection and exploitation techniques allow it to be dead accurate in reporting vulnerabilities, hence it is the first and only False Positive Free web application security scanner. -- Onur Yılmaz - National General Manager Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner T: +90 (0)554 873 0482
