Adobe ColdFusion up to 8.1 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 8.1 (Programming Language Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1877.

The weakness was disclosed 08/17/2009 with Adobe (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1875. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42340 (Adobe ColdFusion <= 8.0.1 _logintowizard.cfm XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12353 (Adobe ColdFusion prior to 8.0.1 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (APSB09-12)).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52564) and Tenable (42340). The entries 49480, 49479, 49478 and 49476 are pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 42340
Nessus Name: Adobe ColdFusion <= 8.0.1 _logintowizard.cfm XSS
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: Adobe
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CVE: CVE-2009-1875 (🔍)
X-Force: 52564
Vulnerability Center: 23278 - [APSB09-12] Adobe ColdFusion <= 8.0.1 Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36053 - Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 57188 - Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Unspecified XSS

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/20/2021 09:28
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (60), 02/13/2017 10:24 (11), 08/20/2021 09:27 (4), 08/20/2021 09:28 (2)
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