CVE-2014-3840

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Published 2014-05-27 · Modified 2024-11-22

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

Mayan EDMS multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33493 webapps multiple verified text · 1 KB

Dolev Farhi · 2014-05-24

Mayan-EDms Web-Based Document Management OS System - Multiple Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Multiple Stored XSS
# Software: Maya EDMS
# Software Link: http://www.mayan-edms.com/downloads/Mayan%20EDMS%20v0.13.ova
# Version: 0.13 - latest
# Author: Dolev Farhi, email: dolev(at)openflare(dot)org   @f1nhack
# Date: 21.5.2014
# Tested on: Kali Linux
# Vendor homepage: www.mayan-edms.com



1. About the application:
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Mayan (or Mayan EDMS) is a web-based free/libre document management system for managing documents within an organization


2. Vulnerability Description:
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An attacker is able to create documents and tags with malicious code, potentially stealing admin cookies browsing or editing the documents.


3. Steps to reproduce:
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* Stored XSS 1:
Tags -> Create new tag -> <script>alert("XSS")</script> -> Save

any navigation to documents or search will execute the XSS

* Stored XSS 2: 
Setup -> Sources -> Staging folders -> Add new source -> Title it: <script>alert("XSS")</script> 
Submit -> navigate to edit it again -> XSS executes

* Stored XSS 3:
Setup -> Bootstrap -> Create new bootstrap setup -> Name <script>alert("XSS")</script> -> submit -> XSS

* Stored XSS 4:
Setup -> Smart links -> Create new smart link -> Title it <script>alert("XSS")</script> -> submit -> edit -> XSS executes


5. Proof of concept video
http://research.openflare.org/poc/maya-edms/maya-edms_multiple_xss.avi

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	mayan-edms

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mayan-edms	mayan_edms	`0.13`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.