Nozomi Guardian/CMC Threat Intelligence Rule Definition cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nozomi Guardian and CMC. This impacts an unknown function of the component Threat Intelligence Rule Definition. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22843. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Nozomi Guardian and CMC (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Threat Intelligence Rule Definition. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An authenticated attacker with administrative access to the appliance can inject malicious JavaScript code inside the definition of a Threat Intelligence rule, that will later be executed by another legitimate user viewing the details of such a rule. An attacker may be able to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of legitimate users. JavaScript injection was possible in the content for Yara rules, while limited HTML injection has been proven for packet and STYX rules. The injected code will be executed in the context of the authenticated victim's session.

The weakness was released 08/09/2023. The advisory is shared at security.nozominetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-22843 since 01/24/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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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• Nozomi

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• CMC
• Guardian

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