Alienvault OSSIM/USM up to 5.3.1 Persistent cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alienvault OSSIM and USM up to 5.3.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-8581. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alienvault OSSIM and USM up to 5.3.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A persistent XSS vulnerability exists in the User-Agent header of the login process of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to steal session IDs of logged in users when the current sessions are viewed by an administrator.

The weakness was published 10/28/2016 by Peter Lapp (Appsec) as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8581 since 10/10/2016. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 5.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40683) and SecurityFocus (BID 93862†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93174, VDB-93176 and VDB-93177. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: alienvault_sqli_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: AlienVault OSSIM SQL Injection and Remote Code Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OSSIM/USM 5.3.2

Timelineinfo

10/10/2016 🔍
10/25/2016 +15 days 🔍
10/28/2016 +3 days 🔍
10/28/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/29/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/27/2025 +3012 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Peter Lapp (Appsec)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8581 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8581
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93175
SecurityFocus: 93862 - Alienvault OSSIM/USM CVE-2016-8581 HTML Injection Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2016 19:07
Updated: 01/27/2025 05:16
Changes: 10/29/2016 19:07 (56), 05/22/2019 21:52 (17), 01/27/2025 05:16 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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