Vignette Content Suite 4.0/5.0/6.0/7.0 Default Login Template errInfo cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vignette Content Suite 4.0/5.0/6.0/7.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Default Login Template. Executing a manipulation of the argument errInfo can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2003-0404. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vignette Content Suite 4.0/5.0/6.0/7.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Default Login Template. The manipulation of the argument errInfo with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Vignette StoryServer 4 and 5, and Vignette V/5 and V/6, allow remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via text variables, as demonstrated using the errInfo parameter of the default login template.

The bug was discovered 05/26/2003. The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2003 by Ramon Pinuaga Cascales with S21SEC as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0404 since 06/10/2003. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 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 databases at X-Force (12071), Exploit-DB (22648), SecurityFocus (BID 7687†), OSVDB (4861†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9336†). The entries VDB-20573, VDB-20571, VDB-20570 and VDB-20569 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Ramon Pinuaga Cascales
Organization: S21SEC
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20572
X-Force: 12071
SecurityFocus: 7687 - Multiple Vignette Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 4861 - Vignette - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 9336 - Vignette Cross-site Scripting via Text Variables, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 22:42
Updated: 01/25/2025 13:40
Changes: 08/12/2014 22:42 (56), 06/10/2019 06:11 (9), 01/25/2025 13:40 (27)
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