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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Dojo
Dojo Dojo Objective Harness (DOH) version prior to version 1.14 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in unit.html and testsDOH/_base/loader/i18n-exhaustive/i18n-test/unit.html and testsDOH/_base/i18nExhaustive.js in the DOH that can result in Victim attacked through their browser - deliver malware, steal HTTP cookies, bypass CORS trust. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victims are typically lured to a web site under the attacker's control; the XSS vulnerability on the target domain is silently exploited without the victim's knowledge. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.14. (2018-09-06, CVE-2018-1000665)
dijit.Editor in Dojo Toolkit 1.13 allows XSS via the onload attribute of an SVG element. (2018-02-02, CVE-2018-6561)
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>