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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Stackstorm
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI of StackStorm versions prior to 3.8.0 allowed logged in users with write access to pack rules to inject arbitrary script or HTML that may be executed in Web UI for other logged in users. (2022-12-05, CVE-2022-43706)
In st2web in StackStorm Web UI before 2.9.3 and 2.10.x before 2.10.3, it is possible to bypass the CORS protection mechanism via a "null" origin value, potentially leading to XSS. (2019-03-09, CVE-2019-9580)
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>