Cloudera Manager up to 5.15.0 Wizard returnUrl cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cloudera Manager up to 5.15.0. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Wizard. The manipulation of the argument returnUrl as part of Parameter results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-15913. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cloudera Manager up to 5.15.0 (Cloud Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Wizard. The manipulation of the argument returnUrl as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Cloudera Manager 5.x through 5.15.0. One type of page in Cloudera Manager uses a 'returnUrl' parameter to redirect the user to another page in Cloudera Manager once a wizard is completed. The validity of this parameter was not checked. As a result, the user could be automatically redirected to an attacker's external site or perform a malicious JavaScript function that results in cross-site scripting (XSS). This was fixed by not allowing any value in the returnUrl parameter with patterns such as http://, https://, //, or javascript. The only exceptions to this rule are the SAML Login/Logout URLs, which remain supported since they are explicitly configured and they are not passed via the returnUrl parameter.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2018. The weakness was published 06/20/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cloudera.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-15913 since 08/28/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is 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 365 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-135513, VDB-136175, VDB-136180 and VDB-136181. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Cloud Software

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• Cloudera

Name

• Manager

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15.0

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• commercial

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