17.6. CVE-2012-5650: DOM based Cross-Site Scripting via Futon UI
Date: |
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14.01.2013 |
Affected: |
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Apache CouchDB releases up to and including 1.0.3, 1.1.1,and 1.2.0 are vulnerable. |
Severity: |
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Moderate |
Vendor: |
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The Apache Software Foundation |
17.6.1. Description
Query parameters passed into the browser-based test suite are not sanitised,and can be used to load external resources. An attacker may execute JavaScriptcode in the browser, using the context of the remote user.
17.6.2. Mitigation
Upgrade to a supported CouchDB release that includes this fix, such as:
17.6.3. Work-Around
Disable the Futon user interface completely, by adapting local.ini andrestarting CouchDB:
- [httpd_global_handlers]
- _utils = {couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_welcome_req, <<"Forbidden">>}
Or by removing the UI test suite components:
- share/www/verify_install.html
- share/www/couch_tests.html
- share/www/custom_test.html
17.6.4. Acknowledgement
This vulnerability was discovered & reported to the Apache Software Foundationby Frederik Braun.