Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Platformus 1.0.0-alpha21

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Platformus 1.0.0-alpha21
Affected Software: Platformus
Affected Versions: 1.0.0-alpha21
Homepage: http://www.platformus.net/
Vulnerability: Stored XSS
Severity: High
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: 2018-14487
CVSS Score (3.0): CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-18-012

Technical Details

Stored XSS

URL: http://{platformus_url}/backend/cultures/create
Parameter Name: code
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: "><script>alert(1)</script>

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

Advisory Timeline

29th September 2017 – First Contact
1st October 2017 – Technical Details Reported
11th December 2018 – Attempted to Contact 
17th January 2018 – Attempted to Contact 
26th October 2018 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Mustafa Yalçın while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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