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SimpleRisk v20170416-001 Reflected XSS Vulnerabilities

High
Advisory ID
ZSL-2017-5414
Release Date
21 June 2017
Vendor
SimpleRisk, LLC - https://www.simplerisk.com
Affected Version
20170416-001, 20170108-001, 20170102-001
CVE
N/A
Tested On
PHP/5.5.9-1ubuntu4.20, Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu), MySQL 14.14 (Distrib 5.5.53 for debian-linux-gnu), Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Summary

SimpleRisk is an open-source risk management system released under Mozilla Public License and used for risk management activities. It enables risk managers to account for risks, plan mitigation measures, facilitate management reviews, prioritize for project planning, and track periodic reviews.

Description

SimpleRisk suffers from two reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities when input passed via 'draw' POST parameter and the 'PHP_SELF' variable is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Proof of Concept
Disclosure Timeline
05.06.2017Vulnerability discovered.
05.06.2017Vendor contacted.
05.06.2017Vendor responds asking more details.
05.06.2017Sent details to the vendor.
05.06.2017Working with the vendor.
07.06.2017Vendor provides patch for verification.
07.06.2017Vendor informed that the patch is verified, vulnerabilities fixed.
07.06.2017Working with the vendor.
14.06.2017Vendor releases version 20170614-001 to address these issues.
21.06.2017Coordinated public security advisory released.
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
High five to Josh!
References
Changelog
21.06.2017Initial release
22.06.2017Added reference [4]
27.06.2017Added reference [5]
02.07.2017Added reference [6]