SB2022122830 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46332)

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 within the Admin Smart Search feature when handling the "Attachment names". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email with XSS payload and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the administrators'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) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46333)

The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure usage of perl eval() function within the administrative user interface. A remote authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2022-0002
• https://www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2022-0003