Saltcorn's Reflected XSS and Command Injection vulnerabilities can be chained for 1-click-RCE

Description

1. There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the GET /admin/edit-codepage/:name route through the name parameter. This can be used to hijack the session of an admin if they click a specially crafted link.
2. Additionally, there is a Command Injection vulnerability in GET /admin/backup.

Recommendation

Update the @saltcorn/server package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 1.1.1, < 1.5.0-beta.19
• Patched version(s): 1.5.0-beta.19

References

• GHSA-cr3w-cw5w-h3fj
• CWE-77
• CWE-79
• OWASP 2021-A3

Related Issues

• @saltcorn/server Remote Code Execution (RCE) / SQL injection via prototype pollution by manipulating `lang` and `defst - Vulnerability
• Saltcorn Server Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in event logs page - Vulnerability
• appium-desktop OS Command Injection vulnerability - CVE-2023-2479
• Command Injection Vulnerability in systeminformation (GHSA-m57p-p67h-mq74) - CVE-2020-26274

Tags:

npm

@saltcorn/server