CA PPM up to 14.4/15.1/15.2 CP5/15.3 CP2 gridExcelExport Reflected cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in CA PPM up to 14.4/15.1/15.2 CP5/15.3 CP2. This affects the function gridExcelExport. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-13825. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CA PPM up to 14.4/15.1/15.2 CP5/15.3 CP2. This affects the function gridExcelExport. The manipulation 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 summary by CVE is:

Insufficient input validation in the gridExcelExport functionality, in CA PPM 14.3 and below, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2 CP5 and below, and 15.3 CP2 and below, allows remote attackers to execute reflected cross-site scripting attacks.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2018. The weakness was released 08/30/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-13825 since 07/10/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/19/2020). 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105297†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-123409, VDB-123410, VDB-123412 and VDB-123408. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• CA

Name

• PPM

Version

• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2 CP5
• 15.3 CP2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ca.com/

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