Tautulli 2.1.26 Plex Username history.html cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Tautulli 2.1.26. The affected element is an unknown function of the file data/interfaces/default/history.html of the component Plex Username Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-8939. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Tautulli 2.1.26. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file data/interfaces/default/history.html of the component Plex Username Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

data/interfaces/default/history.html in Tautulli 2.1.26 has XSS via a crafted Plex username that is mishandled when constructing the History page.

The bug was discovered 02/19/2019. The weakness was presented 02/19/2019 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-8939 since 02/19/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

We discovered that an authenticated Plex Media Server user could change their Plex username to include JavaScript and Tautulli would fail to sanitize the username so that when the Plex Media Server administrator viewed certain pages generated by Tautulli, the JavaScript would be executed in the context of the server administrator.

By approaching the search of inurl:data/interfaces/default/history.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• Tautulli

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• 2.1.26

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/Tautulli/Tautulli/

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