Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-11023 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
jquery
debian
fedoraproject
drupal
oracle
netapp
tenable
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2020-04-29
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Jquery
284
Application
Drupal
106
Application
Oracle
107
Application
Netapp
10
Application
Tenable
5
OS
Debian
1
OS
Fedoraproject
3
OS
Netapp
8
Hardware
Netapp
8

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idDRUPAL_8_8_6.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the instance of Drupal running on the remote web server is 7.0.x prior to 7.70, 7.0.x prior to 7.70, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.14, or 8.8.x prior to 8.8.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery
    last seen2020-06-03
    modified2020-05-21
    plugin id136745
    published2020-05-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136745
    titleDrupal 7.0.x < 7.70 / 7.0.x < 7.70 / 8.7.x < 8.7.14 / 8.8.x < 8.8.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (drupal-2020-05-20)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(136745);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-11022", "CVE-2020-11023");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2020-B-0030");

  script_name(english:"Drupal 7.0.x < 7.70 / 7.0.x < 7.70 / 8.7.x < 8.7.14 / 8.8.x < 8.8.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (drupal-2020-05-20)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the instance of Drupal running on the remote web server is 7.0.x prior to 7.70,
7.0.x prior to 7.70, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.14, or 8.8.x prior to 8.8.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities.

  - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and
    before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even
    after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM
    manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and
    others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is
    patched in jQuery 3.5.0. (CVE-2020-11022)

  - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and
    before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing  elements
    from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to
    one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(),
    .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This
    problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0. (CVE-2020-11023)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-003");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.70");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002");
  # https://blog.jquery.com/2020/05/04/jquery-3-5-1-released-fixing-a-regression/
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f249edf4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_regression");
  # https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?07eeffa7");
  # https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bc025732");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/custom-elements.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/#description-of-the-change");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.7.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.8.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/project/jquery_update");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/security-team/report-issue");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Drupal version 7.70 / 7.70 / 8.7.14 / 8.8.6 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-11023");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:drupal:drupal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("drupal_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Drupal", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80, 443);

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('http.inc');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Drupal', port:port, webapp:TRUE);

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);

constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '7.0', 'fixed_version' : '7.70' },
  { 'min_version' : '8.7', 'fixed_version' : '8.7.14' },
  { 'min_version' : '8.8', 'fixed_version' : '8.8.6' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idJOOMLA_3919.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to 3.9.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, lack of input validation in the heading tag option of the Articles - Newsflash and Articles - Categories modules allows XSS. (CVE-2020-13761) - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, the default settings of the global textfilter configuration do not block HTML inputs for Guest users. (CVE-2020-13763) - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, incorrect input validation of the module tag option in com_modules allows XSS. (CVE-2020-13762) - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery
    last seen2020-06-13
    modified2020-06-12
    plugin id137366
    published2020-06-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/137366
    titleJoomla 2.5.x < 3.9.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities (5812-joomla-3-9-19)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(137366);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/24");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2020-11022",
    "CVE-2020-11023",
    "CVE-2020-13760",
    "CVE-2020-13761",
    "CVE-2020-13762",
    "CVE-2020-13763"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0244-S");

  script_name(english:"Joomla 2.5.x < 3.9.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities (5812-joomla-3-9-19)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to
3.9.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, lack of input validation in
    the heading tag option of the Articles - Newsflash and
    Articles - Categories modules allows XSS.
    (CVE-2020-13761)

  - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, the default settings of the
    global textfilter configuration do not block HTML inputs
    for Guest users. (CVE-2020-13763)

  - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, incorrect input validation of
    the module tag option in com_modules allows XSS.
    (CVE-2020-13762)

  - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and
    before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even
    after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM
    manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and
    others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is
    patched in jQuery 3.5.0. (CVE-2020-11022)

  - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and
    before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing  elements
    from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to
    one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(),
    .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This
    problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0. (CVE-2020-11023)

  - In Joomla! before 3.9.19, missing token checks in
    com_postinstall lead to CSRF. (CVE-2020-13760)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5812-joomla-3-9-19.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?66a75060");
  # https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/813-20200601-core-xss-in-modules-heading-tag-option.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6eddec97");
  # https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/814-20200602-core-inconsistent-default-textfilter-settings.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a3f2593d");
  # https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/815-20200603-core-xss-in-com-modules-tag-options.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d0796329");
  # https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/816-20200604-core-xss-in-jquery-htmlprefilter.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?560bc965");
  # https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/817-20200605-core-csrf-in-com-postinstall.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?478821e3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Joomla! version 3.9.19 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-13760");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:joomla:joomla\!");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("joomla_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Joomla!", "www/PHP", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('http.inc');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Joomla!', port:port, webapp:TRUE);

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '2.5.0', 'max_version' : '3.9.18', 'fixed_version' : '3.9.19' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(
  app_info:app_info,
  constraints:constraints,
  severity:SECURITY_WARNING,
  flags:{'xss':TRUE, 'xsrf':TRUE}
);
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4693.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities were discovered in Drupal, a fully-featured content management framework, which could result in an open redirect or cross-site scripting.
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-05-28
    plugin id136932
    published2020-05-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136932
    titleDebian DSA-4693-1 : drupal7 - security update
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4693. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(136932);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-11022", "CVE-2020-11023", "CVE-2020-13662");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4693");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2020-B-0030");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4693-1 : drupal7 - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Drupal, a fully-featured
content management framework, which could result in an open redirect
or cross-site scripting."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/drupal7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/drupal7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade the drupal7 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 7.52-2+deb9u10."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:drupal7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"drupal7", reference:"7.52-2+deb9u10")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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