Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE-2024-5165
Summary
In Eclipse Ditto versions 3.0.0 through 3.4.4 and 3.5.0 through 3.5.5, the user input of several input fields of the Eclipse Ditto Explorer User Interface "https://eclipse.dev/ditto/user-interface.html" was not properly neutralized and thus vulnerable to both Reflected and Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting). Several inputs were not persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, but only in local browser storage to save settings of "environments" of the UI and e.g. the last performed "search queries", resulting in a "Reflected XSS" vulnerability. However, several other inputs persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, leading to a "Stored XSS" vulnerability. This means that authenticated and authorized users at Eclipse Ditto can persist Things in Ditto which can - when being displayed by other users also being authorized to see those Things in the Eclipse Ditto UI - cause scripts to be executed in the browser of other users.
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- NETWORK
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- CHANGED
- REQUIRED
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- NONE
CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.
Advisory Timeline
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