/** * @name Client-side cross-site scripting * @description Writing user input directly to the DOM allows for * a cross-site scripting vulnerability. * @kind path-problem * @problem.severity error * @precision high * @id js/xss * @tags security * external/cwe/cwe-079 * external/cwe/cwe-116 */ import javascript import semmle.javascript.security.dataflow.DomBasedXssQuery import DataFlow::PathGraph import semmle.javascript.heuristics.AdditionalSources from DataFlow::Configuration cfg, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink where cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink) and source.getNode() instanceof HeuristicSource select sink.getNode(), source, sink, sink.getNode().(Sink).getVulnerabilityKind() + " vulnerability due to $@.", source.getNode(), "user-provided value"