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CVE-2021-25968

Date: October 19, 2021

Overview

In “OpenCMS”, versions 10.5.0 to 11.0.2 are affected by a stored XSS vulnerability that allows low privileged application users to store malicious scripts in the Sitemap functionality. These scripts are executed in a victim’s browser when they open the page containing the vulnerable field.

Details

The “OpenCMS” is affected by a stored XSS vulnerability that allows low privileged application users to store malicious scripts in the Sitemap functionality. These scripts are executed in a victim’s browser when they open the page containing the vulnerable field.

PoC Details

Login to the application as Editor, which is a low privileged user.
Go to the Tutorial section in the sitemap, and double click on any of the page titles. Insert the malicious payload given below and click outside to save the changes.
Then login as an administrator user and the payload will be triggered. Now go to the tutorial section the payload will again be triggered.

PoC Code

<script>alert(“XSS”)</script>

Affected Environments

OpenCMS versions 10.5.0 to 11.0.2

Prevention

Update package to org.opencms:opencms-core version 12.0.
Update repo to version build_12_0_0

Language: Java

Good to know:

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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79
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Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.opencms:opencms-core:12.0

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Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None
Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional information: