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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Webtareas
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Chat function. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Messages field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44955)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /calendar/viewcalendar.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Subject field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44962)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /clients/listclients.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44957)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /contacts/listcontacts.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Last Name field after clicking "Add". (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44954)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /forums/editforum.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44961)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /general/search.php?searchtype=simple. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Search field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44960)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /linkedcontent/listfiles.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field after clicking "Add". (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44953)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /meetings/listmeetings.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44959)
webtareas 2.4p5 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /projects/listprojects.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field. (2022-12-02, CVE-2022-44956)
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webTareas 2.2p1 via the Name field to /linkedcontent/editfolder.php. (2022-06-16, CVE-2021-36609)
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webTareas 2.2p1 via the Name field to /projects/editproject.php. (2022-06-16, CVE-2021-36608)
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The issue affects every endpoint on the application because it is related on how each URL is echoed back on every response page. (2021-10-08, CVE-2021-41918)
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter. (2021-10-08, CVE-2021-41917)
webTareas through 2.1 allows XSS in clients/editclient.php, extensions/addextension.php, administration/add_announcement.php, administration/departments.php, administration/locations.php, expenses/claim_type.php, projects/editproject.php, and general/newnotifications.php. (2020-09-18, CVE-2020-25735)
webTareas v2.1 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) on "Search." (2020-08-26, CVE-2020-23660)
The loginForm within the general/login.php webpage in webTareas 2.0p8 suffers from a Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the query string. (2020-06-22, CVE-2020-14973)
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>