SB2011082402 - Cross-site scripting in SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4828)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) 10.1 when processing the (1) Title parameter to MapView.aspx; NetObject parameter to (2) NodeDetails.aspx and (3) InterfaceDetails.aspx; and the (4) ChartName parameter to CustomChart.aspx. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42486
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8349
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515083/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45257
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63956