VDB-66632 · CVE-2013-2670 · ID 121553

Brother Mfc-9970cdw arbitrary cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brother Mfc-9970cdw. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument arbitrary leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2670. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brother Mfc-9970cdw (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument arbitrary 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 Brother MFC-9970CDW printer with firmware G (1.03) and L (1.10) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an arbitrary parameter name (QUERY_STRING) to admin/admin_main.html, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2507 and CVE-2013-2671.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2670 since 03/22/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. 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 (84095), SecurityFocus (BID 59720†), OSVDB (93068†) and Secunia (SA53310†). The entry VDB-66631 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Brother

Name

Mfc-9970cdw

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

03/22/2013 🔍
03/14/2014 +357 days 🔍
03/14/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +375 days 🔍
05/08/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 121553⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-2670 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2670
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66632
X-Force: 84095 - Brother MFC-9970CDW Printer admin_main.html cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 59720
Secunia: 53310
OSVDB: 93068

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

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/08/2026 04:26
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (46), 02/22/2018 07:15 (6), 02/03/2022 14:49 (3), 06/15/2024 16:09 (18), 05/08/2026 04:26 (1)
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