Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 create-bookmark.jsp Search cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file plugins/clientcontrol/create-bookmark.jsp. Performing a manipulation of the argument Search results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6972. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2. This affects an unknown code block of the file plugins/clientcontrol/create-bookmark.jsp. The manipulation of the argument search 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) groupchatName parameter to plugins/clientcontrol/create-bookmark.jsp; the (2) urlName parameter to plugins/clientcontrol/create-bookmark.jsp; the (3) hostname parameter to server-session-details.jsp; or the (4) search parameter to group-summary.jsp.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6972 since 09/16/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by hyp3rlinx and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:plugins/clientcontrol/create-bookmark.jsp it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96225 (GLSA-201612-50 : Openfire: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

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 Exploit-DB (38191) and Tenable (96225). See VDB-77734 and VDB-78255 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Ignite Realtime

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• Openfire

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• 3.10.2

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• free

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