SB2017070302 - Cross-site scripting in Webmin



SB2017070302 - Cross-site scripting in Webmin

Published: July 3, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017070302
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9313)

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

An input validation error exists when processing user-supplied input passed via "sec" HTTP GET parameter to "/man/view_man.cgi" script. 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. 

Exploitation example:

https://[host]:10000/man/view_man.cgi?page=foo&sec=<script>alert('xss')</script>

2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9313)

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

An input validation error exists when processing user-supplied input passed via "referers" HTTP GET parameter to "/webmin/change_referers.cgi" script. 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. 

Exploitation example:

https://[host]:10000/webmin/change_referers.cgi?referer=0&referers=<script>alert('xss')</script>

3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9313)

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

An input validation error exists when processing user-supplied input passed via "name" HTTP POST parameter to "/acl/save_user.cgi" script. 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.