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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Flower
** DISPUTED ** Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via a crafted worker name. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren’t user facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and person having rights to change them already has full access. (2019-09-28, CVE-2019-16926)
** DISPUTED ** Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via the name parameter in an @app.task call. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren’t user facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and person having rights to change them already has full access. (2019-09-28, CVE-2019-16925)
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>