VDB-128672 · CVE-2018-18997 · BID 106247

ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2 Administrative Web Interface cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.2$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E1 and Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administrative Web Interface. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-18997. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E1 and Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2 (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Administrative Web Interface. 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:

Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet devices in ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 all versions allows an unauthenticated attacker using the administrative web interface to insert an HTML/Javascript payload into any of the device properties, which may allow an attacker to display/execute the payload in a visitor browser.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18997 since 11/06/2018. 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 16 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 106247†). The entry VDB-128671 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

11/06/2018 🔍
12/18/2018 +42 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/03/2019 +16 days 🔍
01/03/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/26/2020 +478 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18997 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18997
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128672
SecurityFocus: 106247 - ABB GATE-E2 ICSA-18-352-01 Authentication Bypass and Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2019 12:24
Updated: 04/26/2020 07:51
Changes: 01/04/2019 12:24 (58), 04/26/2020 07:51 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!