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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Codebeamer Application Lifecycle Management
A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue was discovered in Intland codeBeamer ALM 10.x through 10.1.SP4. It is possible to perform XSS attacks through using the WebDAV functionality to upload files to a project (Authn users), using the users import functionality (Admin only), and changing the login text in the application configuration (Admin only). (2021-06-08, CVE-2020-26517)
In Intland codeBeamer ALM 9.5 and earlier, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Upload Flash File feature allows authenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary scripts via an active script embedded in an SWF file. (2020-03-30, CVE-2019-19912)
In Intland codeBeamer ALM 9.5 and earlier, there is stored XSS via the Trackers Title parameter. (2020-03-30, CVE-2019-19913)
Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous
Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.
The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete
what results in:
<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>
In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>
and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:
<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>