Patterninsight Pattern Insight 2.3 Error Message cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Patterninsight Pattern Insight 2.3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-4950. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Patterninsight Pattern Insight 2.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Keyword Search page in the web interface in Pattern Insight 2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted characters that are not properly handled during construction of error messages.

The weakness was presented 11/18/2012 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4950 since 09/17/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as highly functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79787), SecurityFocus (BID 56381†), OSVDB (87053†) and Secunia (SA51203†). See VDB-62970, VDB-62969, VDB-62968 and VDB-62967 for similar entries. 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
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Timelineinfo

09/17/2012 🔍
11/02/2012 +46 days 🔍
11/09/2012 +7 days 🔍
11/18/2012 +9 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +856 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3683 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4950 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4950
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62978
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X-Force: 79787 - Pattern Insight Keyword Search page cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 56381 - Pattern Insight Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51203 - Pattern Insight Code Assurance Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 87053

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/23/2025 23:47
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (53), 02/04/2018 10:48 (7), 12/04/2024 18:03 (17), 04/23/2025 23:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:2BA:103

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