Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient Web Application cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Application. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2020-15788. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Web Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion Subversion Webclient (All versions). The Polarion subversion web application does not filter user input in a way that prevents Cross-Site Scripting. If a user is enticed into passing specially crafted, malicious input to the web client (e.g. by clicking on a malicious URL with embedded JavaScript), then JavaScript code can be returned and may then be executed by the user&acirc;&euro;&trade;s client. Various actions could be triggered by running malicious JavaScript code.

The weakness was shared 09/09/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-15788 since 07/15/2020. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/21/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Further details are available at us-cert.cisa.gov. The entry VDB-161080 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Siemens

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• Polarion Subversion Webclient

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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