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Posted on 19 December 2014
This is an advisory for TWiki Administrators: A specially crafted URL parameter to the WebSearch topic may expose a cross-site scripting vulnerability. TWiki ( http://twiki.org ) is an Open Source Enterprise Wiki and Web Application Platform used by millions of people. * Vulnerable Software Version * Attack Vectors * Impact * Severity Level * MITRE Name for this Vulnerability * Details * Countermeasures * Hotfix for TWiki Production Release * Verify Hotfix * Authors and Credits * Action Plan with Timeline * External Links * Feedback ---++ Vulnerable Software Version * TWiki-6.0.0 and TWiki-6.0.1 [2] ---++ Attack Vectors Attack can be done by viewing wiki pages or by logging in by issuing HTTP GET requests towards the TWiki server (usually port 80/TCP). ---++ Impact Specially crafted parameters open up XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) attacks. ---++ Severity Level The TWiki SecurityTeam triaged this issue as documented in TWikiSecurityAlertProcess [1] and assigned the following severity level: * Severity 3 issue: TWiki content or browser is compromised. ---++ MITRE Name for this Vulnerability The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2014-9367 [7] to this vulnerability. ---++ Details A malicious person can use specially crafted URL parameters to TWiki's WebSearch topic that execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser. Examples: Specially crafted parameter to the view script of TWiki's WebSearch topic: GET /do/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=Search&scope='"--></style></script><script>alert('CVE-2014-9367 vulnarable!')</script> TWiki decodes the URL parameters and pops up a !JavaScript alert box showing "CVE-2014-9367 vulnarable!" ---++ Countermeasures * Apply hotfix (see patch below). * Use the web server software to restrict access to the web pages served by TWiki. ---++ Hotfix for TWiki Production Release No TWiki patch release will be done to address this issue. Instead, apply the patches below. ---+++ Patch lib/TWiki.pm Affected file: =twiki/lib/TWiki.pm= The patch removes the single quote (') from the regular expression set in sub urlEncode of TWiki.pm: =======( 8>< CUT )=============================================== --- lib/TWiki.pm (revision 28490) +++ lib/TWiki.pm (working copy) @@ -3178,7 +3178,7 @@ sub urlEncode { my $text = shift; - $text =~ s/([^0-9a-zA-Z-_.:~!*'/])/'%'.sprintf('%02x',ord($1))/ge; + $text =~ s/([^0-9a-zA-Z-_.:~!*/])/'%'.sprintf('%02x',ord($1))/ge; return $text; } =======( 8>< CUT )=============================================== The patch might be managed in the e-mail. Get this patch from http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/Bugs/Item7596 [8] ---+++ Patch TWiki system topics Affected topics: * TWiki.SearchResultsPagination - source: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/SearchResultsPagination?raw=on * TWiki.WebSearch - source: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearch?raw=on * TWiki.WebSearchAdvanced - source: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebSearchAdvanced?raw=on To patch, copy the source of these topics, and do a "Raw Edit" on your topics to replace their content. __Notes:__ * Learn how to apply patches: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/HowToApplyPatch * This issue is tracked at: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/Bugs/Item7596 ---++ Verify Hotfix To verify the patch add the following parameter to TWiki's WebSearch topic: http://twiki.example.com/do/view/TWiki/WebSearch?search=Search&scope='"--></style></script><script>alert('CVE-2014-9367 vulnarable!') The site is vulnerable if consecutive dialog boxes are shown with text "CVE-2014-9367 vulnerable!" ---++ Authors and Credits * Credit to Robert Abela ( robert[at]netsparker.com) and Onur Yilmaz (onur[at]netsparker.com) for disclosing the issue to thetwiki-security@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list. * Peter Thoeny for verifying the issue, creating a fix, and creating the patch and advisory. ---++ Action Plan with Timeline * 2014-12-09 - Robert Abela of Netsparker (https://www.netsparker.com/) discloses issue to TWikiSecurityMailingList * 2014-12-09 - developer verifies issue - Peter Thoeny * 2014-12-09 - developer fixes code - Peter Thoeny * 2014-12-15 - security team creates advisory with hotfix - Peter Thoeny * 2014-12-16 - send alert to TWikiAnnounceMailingList [5] and TWikiDevMailingList [6] - Peter Thoeny * 2014-12-18 - publish advisory in Codev web and update all related topics - Peter Thoeny * 2014-12-18 - issue a public security advisory to fulldisclosure[at]seclists.org, cert[at]cert.org, vuln[at]secunia.com, bugs[at]securitytracker.com, submissions[at]packetstormsecurity.org - Peter Thoeny ---++ External Links [1]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiSecurityAlertProcess [2]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease06x00x01 [3]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-9367 (will be created on 2014-12-18) [4]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiSecurityMailingList [5]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiAnnounceMailingList [6]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiDevMailingList [7]: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9367 - CVE on MITRE.org [8]: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/Bugs/Item7596 ---++ Feedback Please provide feedback at the security alert topic, http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-9367 -- Peter Thoeny - 2014-12-18 -- > Peter Thoeny - Peter09[at]Thoeny.org > http://bit.ly/MrTWiki - consulting on enterprise collaboration > http://TWiki.org - is your team already TWiki enabled? > Knowledge cannot be managed, it can be discovered and shared > This e-mail is: (_) private (_) ask first (x) public
