VDB-89477 · CVE-2016-5660 · VU#665280

Accela Civic Citizen Access Portal AttachmentsList.aspx iframeid cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Accela Civic and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file AttachmentsList.aspx of the component Citizen Access Portal. The manipulation of the argument iframeid leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5660. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Accela Civic (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file AttachmentsList.aspx of the component Citizen Access Portal. The manipulation of the argument iframeid 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AttachmentsList.aspx in Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the iframeid parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 07/15/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5660 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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.

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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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91765†). The entry VDB-89478 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Accela

Name

Civic

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/16/2016 🔍
07/13/2016 +27 days 🔍
07/15/2016 +2 days 🔍
07/15/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/01/2024 +3030 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-5660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89477
CERT: 🔍
SecurityFocus: 91765 - Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access Portal Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2016 10:33
Updated: 11/01/2024 17:15
Changes: 07/16/2016 10:33 (49), 02/27/2019 13:04 (12), 11/01/2024 17:15 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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