Kayako eSupport version 2.3.1 Support Tracker software is susceptible to a cross site scripting attack.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=3D%22Powered+By+kayako+eSupport%22+%22search=
+the+entire+knowledgebase%22
1290 customers according to Google.
https://support.kayako.com/index.php?_a=3Dknowledgebase&_j=3Dquestiondetails=
&_i=3D2&nav=3D[XSS]&nav2=3DGeneral%20eSupport%20Q&A
Vendor notified by their access log files (and this email to their sales st=
aff):
https://support.kayako.com/index.php?_a=3Dknowledgebase&_j=3Dquestiondetails=
&_i=3D2&nav=3D%3Cscript%3Ealert('msg')%3C/script%3E
Keeping this short and sweet since XSS vulns aren't that big of a deal=20
to find, even still. Clients login with cookies with a "remember me"=20
check box. I thought it was at least significant because of what "nav"=20
is for. The "nav" value is inserted as a subheading of the main page=20
node, and one website I saw this at inserted html code with a link in=20
the nav argument. Nice. One of those "double take" moments. This XSS=20
was used as a "feature", leveraged by a customer: a hosting company. I=20
was in awe. They should simply know better. So should Kayako.
Now, let's see how fast Kayako can release a security bulletin to their=20
customers. Isn't a security audit a part of every release?
No fix yet, since the code is proprietary. I always release fixes for=20
free software / open source code. I can't do that with proprietary=20
code, though.
Cheers,
Seth
P.S. Vendors have burned me and their users in the past for not fessing=20
up or giving credit where due; I agree with Linus Torvalds, vendor-sec=20
and ideas like it are a bad idea:
"I happen to believe in openness, and vendor-sec does not. It's that=20
simple." ( https://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3458961 )
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Seth Alan Woolley [seth at positivism.org], SPAM/UCE is unauthorized
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