ajinabraham.njsscan.xxe_xml2json.xxe_xml2json

rules:
  - id: xxe_xml2json
    patterns:
      - pattern-inside: |
          require('xml2json')
          ...
      - pattern-either:
          - pattern-inside: function $FUNC($REQ, $RES, ...) {...}
          - pattern-inside: $X = function $FUNC($REQ, $RES, ...) {...}
          - pattern-inside: var $X = function $FUNC($REQ, $RES, ...) {...};
          - pattern-inside: $APP.$METHOD(..., function $FUNC($REQ, $RES, ...) {...})
      - pattern-either:
          - pattern: $EXPAT.toJson(<... $REQ.$QUERY.$FOO ...>,...)
          - pattern: $EXPAT.toJson(<... $REQ.$BODY ...>,...)
          - pattern: |
              $INPUT = <... $REQ.$QUERY.$FOO ...>;
              ...
              $EXPAT.toJson(<... $INPUT ...>,...)
          - pattern: |
              $INPUT = <... $REQ.$BODY ...>;
              ...
              $EXPAT.toJson(<... $INPUT ...>,...)
    message: Make sure that unverified user data can not reach the XML Parser, as it
      can result in XML External or Internal Entity (XXE) Processing
      vulnerabilities.
    metadata:
      owasp-web: a4
      cwe: cwe-611
      license: LGPL-3.0-or-later
    severity: ERROR
    languages:
      - javascript