SB2013092402 - Cross-site scripting in SecurityCenter

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5911)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in devform.php in Tenable SecurityCenter 4.6 through 4.7 when processing message parameter. 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/97584
• https://discussions.nessus.org/message/22174#22174