A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. This affects some unknown processing of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument smtpServer.emailServer with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 04/28/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-2389. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. By approaching the search of inurl:scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Netgear

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• SRX5308

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• 4.3.5-3

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• commercial

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• Submit #113806: Stored XSS in Netgear-SRX5308 Router(9) (by leetsun)

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