Sitecore CMS prior 7.0 xmlcontrol cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Sitecore CMS. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument xmlcontrol leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-100004. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sitecore CMS (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument xmlcontrol 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sitecore CMS before 7.0 Update-4 (rev. 140120) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the xmlcontrol parameter to the default URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 01/13/2015 by Mark Litchfield (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-100004 since 01/13/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90833), SecurityFocus (BID 65254†), OSVDB (102660†) and Secunia (SA56705†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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OpenVAS ID: 803193
OpenVAS Name: Sitecore_CMS XSS Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 7.0

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01/29/2014 🔍
02/12/2014 +14 days 🔍
01/13/2015 +335 days 🔍
01/13/2015 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +73 days 🔍
04/09/2018 +1109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Mark Litchfield
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-100004 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-100004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73565
X-Force: 90833
SecurityFocus: 65254 - Sitecore CMS 'xmlcontrol' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 56705 - SiteCore CMS "xmlcontrol" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 102660

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/09/2018 09:40
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (53), 04/09/2018 09:40 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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