VDB-125732 · CVE-2018-15971 · BID 105575

Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.4 Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Experience Manager 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-15971. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Experience Manager 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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 Experience Manager versions 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, and 6.0 have a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-15971 since 08/28/2018. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105575†). The entries VDB-125730, VDB-125731, VDB-125733 and VDB-125734 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Experience Manager

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/28/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 +42 days 🔍
10/17/2018 +7 days 🔍
10/17/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/18/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2020 +535 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-15971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125732
SecurityFocus: 105575

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2018 06:59
Updated: 04/05/2020 10:13
Changes: 10/18/2018 06:59 (59), 04/05/2020 10:13 (2)
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