SB2017060105 - Two XSS vulnerabilities in Telaxus EPESI



SB2017060105 - Two XSS vulnerabilities in Telaxus EPESI

Published: June 1, 2017 Updated: June 12, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017060105
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9331)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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

An input validation error exists in modules/Utils/RecordBrowser/RecordBrowserCommon_0.php, when processing data passed via the meeting description parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8763)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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

An input validation error exists in modules/Base/Box/check_for_new_version.php in EPESI in Telaxus/EPESI 1.8.2 and earlier, when processing URI without  the "cid" parameter. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.