Micro Focus Enterprise Developer/Enterprise Server up to 2.3 ESMAC Reflected cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server up to 2.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component ESMAC. This manipulation causes cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7421. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server up to 2.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ESMAC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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:

Reflected and stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS, CWE-79) vulnerabilities in Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) and ESMAC (aka Enterprise Server Monitor and Control) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 and earlier, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allow remote authenticated attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (CWE-693) and other security features.

The bug was discovered 04/05/2017. The weakness was released 08/21/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at community.microfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7421 since 04/05/2017. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 138 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105628, VDB-105630, VDB-105632 and VDB-105633. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Micro Focus

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• Enterprise Developer
• Enterprise Server

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microfocus.com/

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