Proofpoint Enterprise Protection up to 8.18.5/8.19.x AdminUI subject cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection up to 8.18.5/8.19.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AdminUI. The manipulation of the argument subject results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-5771. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection up to 8.18.5/8.19.x. Affected is an unknown code block of the component AdminUI. The manipulation of the argument subject with an unknown input 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection contains a stored XSS vulnerability in the AdminUI. An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted email with HTML in the subject which triggers XSS when viewing quarantined messages.  This issue affects Proofpoint Enterprise Protection: from 8.20.0 before patch 4796, from 8.18.6 before patch 4795 and all other prior versions.

The weakness was presented 11/07/2023. The advisory is available at proofpoint.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5771 since 10/25/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/25/2023 🔍
11/07/2023 +13 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: proofpoint.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5771 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-244578

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2023 03:19
Changes: 11/07/2023 03:19 (50)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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