XSS in Dependency-Track Frontend <4.6.1 - Showdown no sanitization
CVE-2022-39350 Published on October 25, 2022
@dependencytrack/frontend vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site-Scripting via Vulnerability Details
@dependencytrack/frontend is a Single Page Application (SPA) used in Dependency-Track, an open source Component Analysis platform that allows organizations to identify and reduce risk in the software supply chain. Due to the common practice of providing vulnerability details in markdown format, the Dependency-Track frontend renders them using the JavaScript library Showdown. Showdown does not have any XSS countermeasures built in, and versions before 4.6.1 of the Dependency-Track frontend did not encode or sanitize Showdown's output. This made it possible for arbitrary JavaScript included in vulnerability details via HTML attributes to be executed in context of the frontend. Actors with the `VULNERABILITY_MANAGEMENT` permission can exploit this weakness by creating or editing a custom vulnerability and providing XSS payloads in any of the following fields: Description, Details, Recommendation, or References. The payload will be executed for users with the `VIEW_PORTFOLIO` permission when browsing to the modified vulnerability's page. Alternatively, malicious JavaScript could be introduced via any of the vulnerability databases mirrored by Dependency-Track. However, this attack vector is highly unlikely, and the maintainers of Dependency-Track are not aware of any occurrence of this happening. Note that the `Vulnerability Details` element of the `Audit Vulnerabilities` tab in the project view is not affected. The issue has been fixed in frontend version 4.6.1.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-39350 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2022-39350 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-39350
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Affected Versions
DependencyTrack frontend Version < 4.6.1 is affected by CVE-2022-39350Vulnerable Packages
The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2022-39350
| Package Manager | Vulnerable Package | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @dependencytrack/frontend | < 4.6.1 | 4.6.1 |
Exploit Probability
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