CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS
Description
Extended Description
Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
Severity :
Very High
Possibility :
High
Type :
Detailed
Relationships with other CAPECs
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Prerequisites
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- An application that leverages a client-side web browser with scripting enabled.
- An application that manipulates the DOM via client-side scripting.
- An application that failS to adequately sanitize or encode untrusted input.
Skills required
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- Medium Requires the ability to write scripts of some complexity and to inject it through user controlled fields in the system.
Taxonomy mappings
Mappings to ATT&CK, OWASP and other frameworks.
Resources required
None: No specialized resources are required to execute this type of attack.
Related CWE
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