CVE-2023-29016 (published 2023-04-06T20:15Z)

The Goobi viewer is a web application that allows digitised material to be displayed in a web browser. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in Goobi viewer core prior to version 23.03 when using nicknames. An attacker could create a user account and enter malicious scripts into their profile's nickname, resulting in the execution in the user's browser when displaying the nickname on certain pages. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 23.03.

CVSS v3 base score: 6.1, MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-79
cwe_name: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
description: The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
extended_description: 
            Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities occur when:
            
               Untrusted data enters a web application, typically from a web request.
               The web application dynamically generates a web page that contains this untrusted data.
               During page generation, the application does not prevent the data from containing content that is executable by a web browser, such as JavaScript, HTML tags, HTML attributes, mouse events, Flash, ActiveX, etc.
               A victim visits the generated web page through a web browser, which contains malicious script that was injected using the untrusted data.
               Since the script comes from a web page that was sent by the web server, the victim's web browser executes the malicious script in the context of the web server's domain.
               This effectively violates the intention of the web browser's same-origin policy, which states that scripts in one domain should not be able to access resources or run code in a different domain.
            
            There are three main kinds of XSS:
            
               
                  Type 1: Reflected XSS (or Non-Persistent) - 
         			The server reads data directly from the HTTP request and reflects it back in the HTTP response. Reflected XSS exploits occur when an attacker causes a victim to supply dangerous content to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser. The most common mechanism for delivering malicious content is to include it as a parameter in a URL that is posted publicly or e-mailed directly to the victim. URLs constructed in this manner constitute the core of many phishing schemes, whereby an attacker convinces a victim to visit a URL that refers to a vulnerable site. After the site reflects the attacker's content back to the victim, the content is executed by the victim's browser.
               
                  Type 2: Stored XSS (or Persistent) - 
               The application stores dangerous data in a database, message forum, visitor log, or other trusted data store. At a later time, the dangerous data is subsequently read back into the application and included in dynamic content. From an attacker's perspective, the optimal place to inject malicious content is in an area that is displayed to either many users or particularly interesting users. Interesting users typically have elevated privileges in the application or interact with sensitive data that is valuable to the attacker. If one of these users executes malicious content, the attacker may be able to perform privileged operations on behalf of the user or gain access to sensitive data belonging to the user. For example, the attacker might inject XSS into a log message, which might not be handled properly when an administrator views the logs.
            
               
                  Type 0: DOM-Based XSS - 
               In DOM-based XSS, the client performs the injection of XSS into the page; in the other types, the server performs the injection. DOM-based XSS generally involves server-controlled, trusted script that is sent to the client, such as Javascript that performs sanity checks on a form before the user submits it. If the server-supplied script processes user-supplied data and then injects it back into the web page (such as with dynamic HTML), then DOM-based XSS is possible.
            
            
            Once the malicious script is injected, the attacker can perform a variety of malicious activities. The attacker could transfer private information, such as cookies that may include session information, from the victim's machine to the attacker. The attacker could send malicious requests to a web site on behalf of the victim, which could be especially dangerous to the site if the victim has administrator privileges to manage that site. Phishing attacks could be used to emulate trusted web sites and trick the victim into entering a password, allowing the attacker to compromise the victim's account on that web site. Finally, the script could exploit a vulnerability in the web browser itself possibly taking over the victim's machine, sometimes referred to as "drive-by hacking."
            In many cases, the attack can be launched without the victim even being aware of it. Even with careful users, attackers frequently use a variety of methods to encode the malicious portion of the attack, such as URL encoding or Unicode, so the request looks less suspicious.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/intranda/goobi-viewer-core
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/intranda/goobi-viewer-core
author: Andrey Kozhushkov
author_date: 2023-03-23 15:06:43+01:00
msg: added nickname validator; html escape existing values when displaying;
refs #24571
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/intranda/goobi-viewer-core
repo_name: intranda/goobi-viewer-core
description: Goobi viewer - Presentation software for digital libraries, museums, archives and galleries. Open Source.
repo_language: Java
owner: intranda
file_changes: filename: NameValidator.java
change_type: ModificationType.ADD
diff: @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Goobi viewer - a content presentation and management
+ * application for digitized objects.
+ *
+ * Visit these websites for more information.
+ *          - http://www.intranda.com
+ *          - http://digiverso.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ * version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package io.goobi.viewer.faces.validators;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
+import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
+import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
+import javax.faces.validator.FacesValidator;
+import javax.faces.validator.Validator;
+import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;
+
+import io.goobi.viewer.messages.ViewerResourceBundle;
+
+/**
+ * Syntax validator for names (e.g. nickname).
+ */
+@FacesValidator("nameValidator")
+public class NameValidator implements Validator<String> {
+
+    private static final String REGEX =  "^[\\w ]+$"; //NOSONAR   input size is limited
+    private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see javax.faces.validator.Validator#validate(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, javax.faces.component.UIComponent, java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public void validate(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) throws ValidatorException {
+        if (!validate(value)) {
+            FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(ViewerResourceBundle.getTranslation("pi_errInvalid", null), "");
+            msg.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
+            throw new ValidatorException(msg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * validateEmailAddress.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param email a {@link java.lang.String} object.
+     * @should match correct name
+     * @should not match invalid name
+     * @return a boolean.
+     */
+    public static boolean validate(String name) {
+        if (name == null || name.length() > 10_000) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        Matcher m = PATTERN.matcher(name.toLowerCase());
+        return m.find();
+    }
+}

programming_language: Java
filename: adminDashboard.xhtml
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                             <div class="admin__boxed-entry -no-actions -w33">
                                 <div class="admin__dashboard-user-welcome">
                                 	<div class="admin__dashboard-user-welcome-left">
-	                                    <h2>#{msg.admin__dashboard_hello} #{userBean.user.nickName}</h2>
+	                                    <h2>#{msg.admin__dashboard_hello} <h:outputText value="#{userBean.user.nickName}" escape="true" /></h2>
 	                                    <p>#{msg.admin__dashboard_documentation}:<br/>
 	                                        <a class="-bluelink" href="https://docs.goobi.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://docs.goobi.io</a>
 	                                    </p>

programming_language: HTML
filename: adminUsers.xhtml
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="admin__table-data" role="gridcell">
                                         <!-- USER NAME -->
-                                        <span class="admin__table-name">#{user.nickName}</span>
+                                        <span class="admin__table-name"><h:outputText value="#{user.nickName}" escape="true" /></span>
                                         <!-- USER EMAIL -->
                                         <a href="mailto:#{user.email}" class="admin__table-email -textlink">#{user.email}</a>
                                         <!-- EDIT -->

programming_language: HTML
filename: userData.xhtml
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 							<div class="col-11 col-lg-9 admin__form-input">
 								<h:inputText value="#{user.nickName}" id="displayName"
 									label="displayName" styleClass="form-control" required="false"
-									requiredMessage="#{msg.loginEnterDisplayName}" />
+									requiredMessage="#{msg.loginEnterDisplayName}"
+									validator="nameValidator" />
 								<span class="admin__form-help-text">#{msg.admin__user_display_name__help}</span>
 							</div>
 							<div class="col-1 admin__form-help-icon">

programming_language: HTML
filename: NameValidatorTest.java
change_type: ModificationType.ADD
diff: @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Goobi viewer - a content presentation and management
+ * application for digitized objects.
+ *
+ * Visit these websites for more information.
+ *          - http://www.intranda.com
+ *          - http://digiverso.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ * version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package io.goobi.viewer.faces.validators;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NameValidatorTest {
+
+    /**
+     * @see NameValidator#validate(String)
+     * @verifies match correct name
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void validate_shouldMatchCorrectName() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertTrue(NameValidator.validate("John Doe"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see NameValidator#validate(String)
+     * @verifies not match invalid name
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void validate_shouldNotMatchInvalidName() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertTrue(NameValidator.validate("John Doe<script />"));
+    }
+}
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programming_language: Java