PT-2019-7014 · Sencha · Node-Connect

Published 2019-12-11 · Updated 2022-05-05 · CVE-2013-7371

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-connect versions prior to 2.8.2

Description The issue is related to cross-site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware due to an incomplete fix. Connect is a stack of middleware executed in order for each request. The methodOverride middleware allows HTTP POST to override the request method with the value of the method post key or the x-http-method-override header. Since user post input was not checked, req.method could contain any value, leading to a 404 page with unencoded method output in the browser, allowing for potential cross-site scripting attacks.

Recommendations Update to the newest version of Connect. Disable methodOverride middleware to mitigate the risk.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-7371

GHSA-6W62-83G6-RFHJ

Affected Products

Node-Connect

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7371 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7371 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/21/2 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7371 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6w62-83g6-rfhj · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/senchalabs/connect · Note
• https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/126187c4e12162e231b87350740045e5bb06e93a · Note
• https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/issues/831 · Note
• https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/277e5aad6a95d00f55571a9a0e11f2fa190d8135 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-7371 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92710 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/methodOverride_Middleware_Reflected_Cross-Site_Scripting · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/13/1 · Note