Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panel Web Server cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panel, SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panel, SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panel and SIMATIC WinCC. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web Server. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-6577. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panel, SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panel, SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panel and SIMATIC WinCC (SCADA Software) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Server. 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:

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15" (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 und KTP900F (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) (All versions < V15.1 Update 1), SIMATIC HMI Classic Devices (TP/MP/OP/MP Mobile Panel) (All versions). The integrated web server could allow Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks if an attacker is able to modify particular parts of the device configuration via SNMP. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected system. Successful exploitation requires system privileges and user interaction. An attacker could use the vulnerability to compromise confidentiality and the integrity of the affected system. At the stage of publishing this security advisory no public exploitation is known.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2019. The weakness was published 05/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6577 since 01/22/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/19/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-135047 and VDB-135049. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

Name

• SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panel
• SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panel
• SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panel
• SIMATIC WinCC

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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