Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1 Help cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation of the argument Help can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0533. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument Help 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in securecgi-bin/CSuserCGI.exe in User-Changeable Password (UCP) before 4.2 in Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows and ACS Solution Engine allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an argument located immediately after the Help argument, and possibly unspecified other vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2008. The weakness was released 03/14/2008 by Felix with Recurity Labs (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0533 since 01/31/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 4.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6014.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41156), SecurityFocus (BID 28222†), OSVDB (42962†), Secunia (SA29351†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019607†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-41505. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ACS Solution Engine 4.2
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Felix
Organization: Recurity Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0533 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0533
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41506

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X-Force: 41156
SecurityFocus: 28222 - Cisco User-Changeable Password (UCP) 'CSuserCGI.exe' Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29351 - Cisco User-Changeable Password Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42962 - Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows User-Changeable Password (UCP) utility CSuserCGI.exe cross-site scripting
SecurityTracker: 1019607
Vulnerability Center: 17868 - [cisco-sa-20080312-ucp] Cisco Secure ACS User-Changeable Password <4.2 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0868

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

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 09:15
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (79), 08/07/2019 09:15 (4)
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