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NethServer 7.3.1611 (Upload.json) CSRF Script Insertion Vulnerability

Medium
Advisory ID
ZSL-2017-5432
Release Date
29 August 2017
Vendor
Affected Version
7.3.1611-u1-x86_64
CVE
N/A
Tested On
Kernel 3.10.0.-514.el7.x86_64 on an x86_64, CentOS Linux 7.3.1611 (Core)
Summary

NethServer is an operating system for the Linux enthusiast, designed for small offices and medium enterprises. It's simple, secure and flexible.

Description

NethServer suffers from an authenticated stored XSS vulnerability. Input passed to the 'BackupConfig[Upload][Description]' POST parameter is not properly sanitised 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
N/A
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
References
Changelog
29.08.2017Initial release
31.08.2017Added reference [5]