Express Invoice 7.12 - 'Customer' Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

vendor:

Express Invoice

by:

Debashis Pal

8.8

CVSS

HIGH

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Express Invoice

Affected Version From: Express Invoice v7.12

Affected Version To: Express Invoice v7.12

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:nch_software:express_invoice

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 SP1(32bit)

2019

Express Invoice 7.12 – ‘Customer’ Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

An authenticated unprivileged user can inject malicious JavaScript code into the 'Customer' field of the Invoices, Items, Customers, and Quotes sections of Express Invoice v7.12. When an authenticated privileged or unprivileged user visits any of these sections, the malicious code will be executed.

Mitigation:

Ensure that user input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in the application.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Express Invoice 7.12 - 'Customer' Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
# Exploit Author: Debashis Pal
# Date: 2019-10-13
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.nchsoftware.com/
# Source: https://www.nchsoftware.com/invoice/index.html
# Version: Express Invoice v7.12
# CVE : N/A
# Tested on: Windows 7 SP1(32bit)

# About Express Invoice v7.12
==============================
Express Invoice lets you create invoices you can print, email or fax directly to clients for faster payment. 

# Vulnerability 
================
Persistent Cross site scripting (XSS).

# PoC 
======

1. Login as authenticated unprivileged user to Express Invoice version 7.12 web enable service i.e  http://A.B.C.D:96 [Default installation]. 

2. Under "Invoices" Invoices List -> View Invoices -> Add New Invoice -> Customer: Field put </script><script>alert('XSS');</script>

Save the change. 

or 

Under "Items" 
Items -> Add new item-> Item field: put  </script><script>alert('XSS');</script>

Save the change. 

or 

Under "Customers" 
Customers -> Add New Customer -> Customer Name:  put  </script><script>alert('XSS');</script>

Save the change. 

or 

Under "Quotes"
Quotes -> View Quotes -> Add New Quote -> Customer: put  </script><script>alert('XSS');</script>

Save the change. 

3. Login in authenticated privileged or unprivileged  user to Express Invoice v7.12 web enable service and visit any of Invoices/Items/Customers/Quotes section, Persistent XSS payload will execute.


# Disclosure Timeline
======================
Vulnerability Discover Date: 12-Sep-2019.
Vulnerability notification to vendor via vendor provided web form: 12-Sep-2019 ,13-Sep-2019, 19-Sep-2019, 26-Sep-2019, no responds. 
Submit exploit-db : 14-Oct-2019.


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