From 95c69be7b605f9b88db843cb40e86a5e57d675bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Snow Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:13:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated advisory posts against rubysec/ruby-advisory-db@aa479b5 --- .../_posts/2024-09-23-GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw.md | 60 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 advisories/_posts/2024-09-23-GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw.md diff --git a/advisories/_posts/2024-09-23-GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw.md b/advisories/_posts/2024-09-23-GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40eb138 --- /dev/null +++ b/advisories/_posts/2024-09-23-GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +layout: advisory +title: 'GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw (camaleon_cms): Camaleon CMS vulnerable to stored XSS + through user file upload (GHSL-2024-184)' +comments: false +categories: +- camaleon_cms +advisory: + gem: camaleon_cms + ghsa: 8fx8-3rg2-79xw + url: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-r9cr-qmfw-pmrc + title: Camaleon CMS vulnerable to stored XSS through user file upload (GHSL-2024-184) + date: 2024-09-23 + description: | + A stored cross-site scripting has been found in the image upload + functionality that can be used by normal registered users: + It is possible to upload a SVG image containing JavaScript and + it's also possible to upload a HTML document when the format + parameter is manually changed to [documents][1] or a string of + an [unsupported format][2]. If an authenticated user or administrator + visits that uploaded image or document malicious JavaScript can + be executed on their behalf (e.g. changing or deleting content + inside of the CMS.) + + [1]: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/feccb96e542319ed608acd3a16fa5d92f13ede67/app/uploaders/camaleon_cms_uploader.rb#L105-L106 + [2]: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/feccb96e542319ed608acd3a16fa5d92f13ede67/app/uploaders/camaleon_cms_uploader.rb#L110-L111 + + ## Impact + + This issue may lead to account takeover due to reflected + Cross-site scripting (XSS). + + ## Remediation + + Only allow the upload of safe files such as PNG, TXT and others + or serve all "unsafe" files such as SVG and other files with a + content-disposition: attachment header, which should prevent + browsers from displaying them. + + Additionally, a [Content security policy (CSP)][3] can be created + that disallows inlined script. (Other parts of the application + might need modification to continue functioning.) + + [3]: https://web.dev/articles/csp + + To prevent the theft of the auth_token it could be marked with + HttpOnly. This would however not prevent that actions could be + performed as the authenticated user/administrator. Furthermore, + it could make sense to use the authentication provided by + Ruby on Rails, so that stolen tokens cannot be used anymore + after some time. + cvss_v3: 5.4 + patched_versions: + - ">= 2.8.1" + related: + url: + - https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-r9cr-qmfw-pmrc + - https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/camaleon_cms/GHSA-r9cr-qmfw-pmrc.yml + - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fx8-3rg2-79xw +---