Micro Focus Novell Groupwise up to 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Administrator Console token/onerror Reflected cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus Novell Groupwise up to 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 (Groupware Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Administrator Console. The manipulation of the argument token/onerror with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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 released 08/25/2016 with SEC Consult as SA-20160825-0 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The public release was coordinated with Micro Focus. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5760. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in URL and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 51 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The code used by the exploit is:

https://testhost:9710/gwadmin-console/install/login.jsp?token=asdf%22%2balert%28%27xss%27%29%2b%22
https://testhost:9710/gwadmin-console/index.jsp#poa:%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert%28%27xss%27%29%3E

Applying the patch 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 90952 and 90953.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Patch: 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1

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06/23/2016 🔍
07/05/2016 +12 days 🔍
07/06/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/25/2016 +50 days 🔍
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08/26/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/20/2017 +237 days 🔍
09/14/2022 +1973 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: SA-20160825-0
Organization: SEC Consult
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5760 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 92646

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/26/2016 10:31
Updated: 09/14/2022 10:28
Changes: 08/26/2016 10:31 (59), 08/09/2017 14:08 (10), 09/14/2022 10:28 (3)
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