Mezzanine 4.2.0 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 19 November 2016
Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: Mezzanine 4.2.0 Fixed in: 4.2.1 Fixed Version Link: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/releases/tag/4.2.1 Vendor Website: http://mezzanine.jupo.org/ Vulnerability Type: XSS Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 09/05/2016 Disclosed to public: 11/10/2016 Release mode: Coordinated Release CVE: n/a Credits Tim Coen of Curesec GmbH 2. Overview Mezzanine is an open source CMS written in python. In version 4.2.0, it is vulnerable to two persistent XSS attacks, one of which requires extended privileges, the other one does not. These issues allow an attacker to steal cookies, inject JavaScript keyloggers, or bypass CSRF protection. 3. Details XSS 1: Persistent XSS via Name in Comments CVSS: Medium 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Description: When leaving a comment on a blog post, the author name is echoed unencoded in the backend, leading to persistent XSS. Proof of Concept: Leave a comment, as author name use '"><img src=no onerror=alert(1)> To trigger the payload, view the comment overview in the admin backend: http:// localhost:8000/admin/generic/threadedcomment XSS 2: Persistent XSS via HTML file upload CVSS: Medium 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Description: When uploading files via the media manager, the extension .html is allowed, leading to XSS via file upload. An account with the permissions to upload files to the media manager is required. Proof of Concept: Visit the media manager and upload a .html file: http://localhost:8000/admin/ media-library/upload/?ot=desc&o=date As uploaded files are stored inside the web root, it can now be accessed, thus executing the JavaScript code it contains: http://localhost:8000/static/media/uploads/xss.html 4. Solution To mitigate this issue please upgrade at least to version 4.2.1: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/releases/tag/4.2.1 Please note that a newer version might already be available. 5. Report Timeline 09/05/2016 Informed Vendor about Issue 09/05/2016 Vendor replies 09/19/2016 Vendor releases fix 11/10/2016 Disclosed to public Blog Reference: https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Mezzanine-420-XSS-177.html -- blog: https://www.curesec.com/blog tweet: https://twitter.com/curesec Curesec GmbH Curesec Research Team Josef-Orlopp-StraAe 54 10365 Berlin, Germany
