Cisco IOS up to 12.4 HTTP ping cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation as part of ping results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3821. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4 (Router Operating System). Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation as part of a ping 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTTP server in Cisco IOS 11.0 through 12.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to the ping program or (2) unspecified other aspects of the URI.

The weakness was released 01/15/2009 by Adrian Pastor Richard J. Brain with ProCheckUp (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3821 since 08/27/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17795 (Cisco IOS XSS and XSRF Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43151 (Cisco IOS Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47947), Exploit-DB (32723), Tenable (17795), SecurityFocus (BID 33260†) and OSVDB (51394†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3907, VDB-3921 and VDB-46356. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 17795
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS XSS and XSRF Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64165
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cisco.com
Suricata ID: 2011189
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Adrian Pastor Richard J. Brain
Organization: ProCheckUp
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3821 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3906

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X-Force: 47947 - Cisco IOS HTTP Server ping parameter cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 33260 - Cisco IOS HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33461 - Cisco IOS HTTP Server Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 51394 - Cisco IOS HTTP Server URL Strings Unspecified XSS
SecurityTracker: 1021598
Vupen: ADV-2009-0138

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

Created: 01/19/2009 16:02
Updated: 12/08/2024 01:35
Changes: 01/19/2009 16:02 (101), 04/28/2019 18:59 (3), 12/08/2024 01:35 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:432:103

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