A vulnerability was found in Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 up to 8.0 (SCADA Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument POST with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebNavigator in Siemens WinCC 7.0 SP3 and earlier, as used in SIMATIC PCS7 and other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) GET parameter, (2) POST parameter, or (3) Referer HTTP header.

The weakness was published 09/18/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3031 since 05/30/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

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• SIMATIC PCS7

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• 8.0

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