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Writeup for CVE-2019-16417
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Summary

A cross-site-scripting (XSS) issue was discovered in HRworks FLOW 3.36.9. An attacker could exploit this by storing persistent scripts which would lead to unwanted code execution when visiting an affected page.

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Stored XSS - HRworks FLOW v3.36.9

Vendor Homepage

https://www.hrworks.de

Exploit Author

Sven Grossmann / Lufthansa Industry Solutions

Contact

https://github.com/svennergr / https://twitter.com/svennergr

Website

https://www.lufthansa-industry-solutions.com

Category

webapps

CVE

CVE-2019-16417

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Timeline

  • 2019-09-16 Disclosure to vendor
  • 2019-09-18 Vendor informed, that the will be fixed with the next product version (v3.37.0)
  • 2019-09-23 Vendor published a fixed product version (v3.37.0)
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Proof of Concept

  1. Open HRWorks FLOW.
  2. Create new a travel expense report.
  3. Almost every field in the form is vulnerable to a XSS flaw. e.g. enter raw HTML/JS as the purpose of the report: <script>alert('xss')</script>
  4. The HTML/JS will be executed when opening the report or showing the report's purpose in the overview.

Also see CVE-2019-16417-poc-1.jpg and CVE-2019-16417-poc-2.jpg.

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Solution

As date of publication all versions above 3.37.0 are save to use.

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