SB2018121902 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2

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SB2018121902 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2

Published: December 19, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018121902
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18997)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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) Authentication bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18995)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due the devices do not allow authentication to be configured on administrative telnet or web interfaces. A remote attacker can bypass authentication to conduct device resets, read or modify registers, and change configuration settings such as IP addresses.


Remediation

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

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