SB2022083004 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WSO2 products

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Unprotected storage of credentials (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to other users' credentials.

The vulnerability exists Due to the improper implementation of the CaptchaFilter. A remote attacker can run the automation script to perform brute-force attack and find the user credentials of a particular victim.

2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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 in the authentication endpoint. 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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2021-1592
• https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2021-1531