SB2022100514 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy Modular Switchgear Monitoring (MSM)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40335)

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

2) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40336)

CWE-ID: CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')

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

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not corrector process CRLF character sequences. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.

Remediation

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

References

• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000085&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-277-02