CA eTrust SiteMinder 5.5 smpwservicescgi.exe Target cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in CA eTrust SiteMinder 5.5. This affects an unknown part of the file smpwservicescgi.exe. Performing a manipulation of the argument Target results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-2204. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in CA eTrust SiteMinder 5.5. This affects some unknown processing of the file smpwservicescgi.exe. The manipulation of the argument TARGET 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:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Computer Associates (CA) eTrust SiteMinder 5.5, when the "CSSChecking" parameter is set to "NO," allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PASSWORD or (2) BUFFER parameters to smpwservicescgi.exe, (3) the TARGET parameter to login.fcc, and possibly other vectors.

The weakness was released 07/08/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2204 since 07/11/2005. 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. Technical details and a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18670 (SiteMinder 5.5 Multiple Script XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12487 (CA (Computer Associates) SiteMinder Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21305), Tenable (18670), SecurityFocus (BID 14203†), OSVDB (17809†) and Secunia (SA15956†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-82758. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18670
Nessus Name: SiteMinder 5.5 Multiple Script XSS
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2204 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25731
X-Force: 21305
SecurityFocus: 14203
Secunia: 15956 - Netegrity SiteMinder Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17809 - CA eTrust SiteMinder smpwservicescgi.exe PASSWORD Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1014433
Vulnerability Center: 8608 - XSS in SiteMinder via \x27smpwservicescgi.exe\x27 Script, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-1040

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/30/2025 06:55
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (70), 06/07/2019 08:51 (8), 06/30/2025 06:55 (18)
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