DataTables 1.10.8 Cross Site Scripting

`Information  
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Advisory by Netsparker.  
Name: XSS Vulnerability in DataTables  
Affected Software : DataTables  
Affected Versions : 1.10.8 and possibly below  
Vendor Homepage : https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables  
Vulnerability Type : Cross-site Scripting  
Severity : Important  
Status : Fixed  
CVE-ID : CVE-2015-6584  
Netsparker Advisory Reference : NS-15-014  
  
Description  
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By exploiting a Cross-site scripting vulnerability the attacker can  
hijack a logged in user’s session. This means that the malicious  
hacker can change the logged in user’s password and invalidate the  
session of the victim while the hacker maintains access. As seen from  
the XSS example in this article, if a web application is vulnerable to  
cross-site scripting and the administrator’s session is hijacked, the  
malicious hacker exploiting the vulnerability will have full admin  
privileges on that web application.  
  
Technical Details  
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Proof of Concept URL for XSS in DataTables:  
  
Page: 6776.php  
Parameter Name: scripts  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern:  
http://example.com/DataTables-master/media/unit_testing/templates/6776.php?scripts='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00807E)</scRipt>  
  
For more information on cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities  
read the following article:  
https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/vulnerability-security-checks-index/cross-site-scripting-xss/  
  
Advisory Timeline  
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04/09/2015 - First Contact  
08/09/2015 - Vendor Fixed  
09/09/2015 - Advisory Released  
  
Credits & Authors  
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These issues have been discovered by Onur Yilmaz while testing  
Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner  
(https://www.netsparker.com).  
  
About Netsparker  
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Netsparker finds and reports security flaws and vulnerabilities such  
as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all websites and  
web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they  
are built on. Netsparker's unique detection and exploitation  
techniques allow it to be dead accurate in reporting vulnerabilities,  
hence it is the first and only False Positive Free web application  
security scanner.  
  
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Onur Yılmaz - National General Manager  
  
Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner  
T: +90 (0)554 873 0482  
  
  
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