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Bug #17008

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Potential XSS via rule descriptions in the Suricata Alerts page

Added by Jim Pingle 3 days ago. Updated 2 days ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Jim Pingle
Category:
Suricata
Target version:
-
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% Done:

100%

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Description

The Suricata Alerts page (suricata_alerts.php) does not encode rule descriptions or other data before display.

The rule descriptions can be supplied by custom rules or untrusted external sources which could contain a problematic payload, potentially leading to XSS.

For example:

alert icmp any any -> any any (msg:"xss<img src=x onerror=alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))>"; itype:8; sid:990064640; rev:1;)

If the attacker then sends traffic matching the rule while Suricata is set to alert, then the next administrator to view the suricata_alerts.php page would trigger an XSS.

Reported by: @lujiefsi

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