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A vulnerability has been found in RSA Archer 5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-6178. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in RSA Archer 5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4 (Risk Management System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in EMC RSA Archer GRC 5.x before 5.4 SP1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/19/2013 as ESA-2013-079 as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-6178 since 10/21/2013. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.4 SP1 or 5.4 SP2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The mailinglist post contains the following remark:

RSA Archer GRC 5.4 P2 and 5.4 SP1 platform contains fixes for multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (101176†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Risk Management System

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• RSA

Name

• Archer

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• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.rsa.com/

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