Cisco IOS up to 12.4 HTTP cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-3821. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4 (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 disclosed 01/15/2009 by Adrian Pastor Richard J. Brain with ProCheckUp (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3821 since 08/27/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time 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 (51393†). The entries VDB-3906, VDB-3921 and VDB-46356 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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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-100-3907

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X-Force: 47947
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: 51393 - Cisco IOS HTTP Server /ping Script XSS
SecurityTracker: 1021598
Vulnerability Center: 20512 - [cisco-sr-20090114-http] Cisco IOS HTTP Server 11.0 - 12.4 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium
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 09:35
Changes: 01/19/2009 16:02 (105), 08/23/2019 18:40 (1), 12/08/2024 09:35 (17)
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