Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 Web Management Interface platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm smtpServer.fromAddr cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. Affected is an unknown function of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. Such manipulation of the argument smtpServer.fromAddr leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-2388. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument smtpServer.fromAddr 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.

The weakness was released 04/28/2023. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-2388. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. By approaching the search of inurl:scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

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• Netgear

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• SRX5308

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• 4.3.5-3

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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Accepted

• Submit #113805: Stored XSS in Netgear-SRX5308 Router(8) (by leetsun)

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