#VU13333 Cross-site scripting in Siemens products - CVE-2018-4842

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#VU13333 Cross-site scripting in Siemens products - CVE-2018-4842

Published: June 12, 2018 / Updated: June 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13333
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4842
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SCALANCE X300
SCALANCE X-200 IRT
SCALANCE X-200
Software vendor:
Siemens

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker with access to the configuration web server can store script code on the website, provided the HRP redundancy option is set, 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.

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