Microsoft Visual Studio cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2011-1976. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio (Programming Tool Software) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Report Viewer Control in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and Report Viewer 2005 SP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter in a data source, aka "Report Viewer Controls XSS Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 08/10/2011 by DiGiT (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1976. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55797 (MS11-067: Vulnerability in Microsoft Report Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure (2578230)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90725 (Microsoft Report Viewer Information Disclosure Vulnerability (MS11-067)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11540.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68827), Exploit-DB (36020), Tenable (55797), SecurityFocus (BID 49033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32647†). The entries VDB-58240, VDB-58238, VDB-58237 and VDB-58236 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 55797
Nessus Name: MS11-067: Vulnerability in Microsoft Report Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure (2578230)
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OpenVAS ID: 900299
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Report Viewer Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2578230)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: DiGiT
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58239

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X-Force: 68827
SecurityFocus: 49033 - Microsoft Visual Studio Report Viewer Control Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 32647 - [MS11-067] Microsoft Report Viewer 2005 SP1 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/08/2025 10:45
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 03/29/2017 17:00 (11), 11/17/2021 14:39 (4), 11/17/2021 14:40 (1), 01/12/2025 22:56 (16), 06/08/2025 10:45 (13)
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