Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1.1 RichFaces cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component RichFaces. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-7852. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1.1 (Application Server Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component RichFaces. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in JBoss RichFaces, as used in JBoss Portal 6.1.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted URL, which is not properly handled in a CSS file.

The weakness was published 12/09/2014 as RHSA-2014:1973-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-7852 since 10/03/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue. The advisory points out:

Red Hat JBoss Portal is the open source implementation of the Java EE suite of services and Portal services running atop Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. It comprises a set of offerings for enterprise customers who are looking for pre-configured profiles of JBoss Middleware components that have been tested and certified together to provide an integrated experience. RichFaces is an open source framework that adds Ajax capability into existing JavaServer Faces (JSF) applications. It was found that RichFaces accepted arbitrary strings included in a URL and returned them unencoded in a CSS file. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user running a RichFaces application.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1031363†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Application Server Software

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• Red Hat

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• JBoss Portal

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• 6.1.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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