Adobe ColdFusion cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe ColdFusion. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-4940. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe ColdFusion (Programming Language Software) (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was presented 04/10/2018 by Matthias Kaiser with Code White (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4940 since 01/03/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109017 (Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370874 (Adobe Security Hotfix for ColdFusion (APSB18-04)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109017) and SecurityFocus (BID 103718†). See VDB-118026, VDB-118027, VDB-118029 and VDB-118030 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 109017
Nessus Name: Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 860355
OpenVAS Name: Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities-APSB18-14
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Matthias Kaiser
Organization: Code White
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118028
SecurityFocus: 103718 - Adobe ColdFusion APSB18-14 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:50
Updated: 02/07/2020 15:34
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:50 (70), 02/07/2020 15:34 (7)
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