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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Brother MFC-9970CDW L 1.10. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin/profile_settings_net.html of the component Firmware. The manipulation of the argument id/val results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-2671. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Brother MFC-9970CDW L 1.10. Affected is an unknown part of the file admin/profile_settings_net.html of the component Firmware. The manipulation of the argument id/val 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Brother MFC-9970CDW printer with firmware L (1.10) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id or (2) val parameter to admin/admin_main.html; (3) id, (4) val, or (5) arbitrary parameter name (QUERY_STRING) to admin/profile_settings_net.html; or (6) kind or (7) arbitrary parameter name (QUERY_STRING) to fax/general_setup.html, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2507 and CVE-2013-2670.

The weakness was shared 05/06/2013 by Hoyt LLC with Hoyt LLC Research as File 121553/Bro as not defined exploit (Packetstorm). The advisory is available at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2671 since 03/22/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/profile_settings_net.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (84093), SecurityFocus (BID 59723†) and OSVDB (93092†). The entry VDB-8635 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Brother

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• MFC-9970CDW

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• L 1.10

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