Advisory ID: SYSS-2018-010
Product: Dojo Toolkit
Manufacturer: JS Foundation
Affected Version(s): 1.13
Tested Version(s): 1.13, 1.10.7
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79)
Risk Level: Medium
Solution Status: Fixed
Manufacturer Notification: 2018-07-02
Solution Date: 2018-08-13
Public Disclosure: 2018-08-24
CVE Reference: CVE-2018-15494
Author of Advisory: Moritz Bechler, SySS GmbH
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Overview:
Dojo Toolkit is a JavaScript framework for building JavaScript based applications.
The manufacturer describes the product as follows (see [1]):
"A JavaScript toolkit that saves you time and scales with your development process.
Provides everything you need to build a Web app.
Language utilities, UI components, and more, all in one place, designed to work together perfectly."
Due to improper escaping, applications using Dojo Toolkit may be vulnerable to
cross-site scripting.
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Vulnerability Details:
The inline editing feature of the dojox.grid.DataGrid component fails to properly
escape the cell value when using it as the input field's value attribute while
editing is activated by clicking.
> formatEditing: function(inDatum, inRowIndex){
> this.needFormatNode(inDatum, inRowIndex);
> return '';
> },
That allows additional element attributes to be introduced, including an "onfocus"
handler that will immediately get executed when editing mode is activated.
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Proof-of-Concept (PoC):
Demo website with Dojo's dojox.grid.DataGrid component:
When clicking the table row to start editing, the cell value is inserted into a
text input's value attribute without proper escaping, resulting in markup like
which introduces JavaScript code in the "onfocus" handler that gets immediately
executed.
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Solution:
Update to version 1.14 of Dojo Toolkit.
More Information:
Vendor announcement: https://dojotoolkit.org/blog/dojo-1-14-released
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Disclosure Timeline:
2018-06-04: Vulnerability discovered
2018-07-02: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer
2018-08-13: Patch released by manufacturer
2018-08-24: Public disclosure of vulnerability
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References:
[1] Product website for Dojo Toolkit
https://dojotoolkit.org/
[2] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2018-010
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-010.txt
[3] SySS Responsible Disclosure Policy
https://www.syss.de/en/news/responsible-disclosure-policy/
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Credits:
This security vulnerability was found by Moritz Bechler of SySS GmbH.
E-Mail: moritz.bechler@syss.de
Public Key: ://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/PGPKeys/Moritz_Bechler.asc
Key ID: 0x768EFE2BB3E53DDA
Key Fingerprint: 2C8F F101 9D77 BDE6 465E CCC2 768E FE2B B3E5 3DDA
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Disclaimer:
The information provided in this security advisory is provided "as is"
and without warranty of any kind. Details of this security advisory may
be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The
latest version of this security advisory is available on the SySS web
site.
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