#VU19140 Cross-site scripting in Squid - CVE-2019-13345
Published: July 11, 2019 / Updated: July 15, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19140
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13345
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Squid
Squid
Software vendor:
Squid-cache.org
Squid-cache.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the the "user_name" and "auth" parameters to the cachemgr.cgi web module. 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.
Example:
http://[host]/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi?host=localhost&port=3128&user_name=admin&operation=authenticate&auth=bG9jYWxob3N0fDE1NTg5NTYzNzJ8YWRtIj48c2NyaXB0PmFsZXJ0KCdYU1MnKTwvc2NyaXB0PmlufGRzZGFkYWE=
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.