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GHSA-8rqh-vxpr-x77p json

plone.restapi: Stored XSS by spoofing mime type

published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

A stored XSS affecting RichText fields. RichTextValue.output returns the raw, unsanitized stored value whenever the stored mimeType equals the outputMimeType. Because the safe-HTML output type (`text/x-html-safe`) is the type that signifies "already sanitized", any value whose stored mimeType equals it bypasses the safe_html transform entirely on render. The transform itself is sound — it correctly strips `on*` event-handler attributes and `javascript:/data:` URIs; the defect is that it is never invoked for these values. The unsanitized value is then emitted via `tal:content="structure ..."`, which performs no escaping, so the payload executes in the viewer's browser.

This can be a problem when a RichText field is wrongly defined in code with a `mimeType` and `outputMimeType` that are the same, or when the REST API is used to the same effect.

This is the same vulnerability as reported in `plone.app.textfield`: https://github.com/plone/plone.app.textfield/security/advisories/GHSA-4r4f-gg25-rmg5

### Patches The problem has been patched:

* For Plone 6.0 and 6.2, upgrade `plone.restapi` to 9.15.6. * For Plone 6.2, upgrade `plone.restapi` to 10.0.1.

This will prevent abusing the REST API to store wrong rich text values.

This will **not** prevent XSS from rich text fields that already have wrong values. For that, you will need a patched `plone.app.textfield` version. See the `plone.app.textfield` advisory linked above for versions.

### Workarounds There is no known workaround.

Patch / fix

  • pypi plone-restapi 9.15.6, 10.0.1

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi plone-restapi
<9.15.6
>=10.0.0, <10.0.1
9.15.6
10.0.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page

References

Sources

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