Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance up to 9.0 Web Application kbot_service_notsoap.php GET Parameter Reflected cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance up to 9.0 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file /service/kbot_service_notsoap.php of the component Web Application. The manipulation as part of GET Parameter leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-11604. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance up to 9.0 (Endpoint Management Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the file /service/kbot_service_notsoap.php of the component Web Application. The manipulation as part of a GET Parameter 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. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance before 9.1. The script at /service/kbot_service_notsoap.php is vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected XSS when user-supplied input to the METHOD GET parameter is processed by the web application. Since the application does not properly validate and sanitize this parameter, it is possible to place arbitrary script code into the context of the same page.

The weakness was released 05/24/2019 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11604 since 04/30/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Upgrading to version 9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Endpoint Management Software

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• Quest

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• KACE Systems Management Appliance

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• 9.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.quest.com/

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