McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator up to 4.6.6 Build 176 sysDetPanelBoolPie.do uid Reflected cross site scripting
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator up to 4.6.6 Build 176. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelBoolPie.do. Performing a manipulation of the argument uid as part of GET Request results in cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-4883. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator up to 4.6.6 Build 176 (Endpoint Management Software). This affects an unknown code of the file ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelBoolPie.do. The manipulation of the argument uid as part of a GET Request leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.6 and earlier, and the ePO Extension for the McAfee Agent (MA) 4.5 through 4.6, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) instanceId parameter core/loadDisplayType.do; (2) instanceId or (3) monitorUrl parameter to console/createDashboardContainer.do; uid parameter to (4) ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelBoolPie.do or (5) ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelSummary.do; (6) uid, (7) orion.user.security.token, or (8) ajaxMode parameter to ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelQry.do; or (9) uid, (10) orion.user.security.token, or (11) ajaxMode parameter to ComputerMgmt/sysDetPanelSummary.do.
The bug was discovered 06/08/2013. The weakness was released 07/12/2013 by Nuri Fattah with NATO Computer Incident Response Capability as KB78824 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The public release was coordinated with McAfee. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4883 since 07/21/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
A public exploit has been developed by Nuri Fattah and been published immediately 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 34 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68933 (McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator < 4.6.7 Multiple XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 4.6.7 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26807), Tenable (68933), SecurityFocus (BID 61422†), OSVDB (95189†) and Secunia (SA54143†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9529, VDB-9530, VDB-9532 and VDB-9533. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
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- Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Name: ReflectedClass: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Nuri Fattah
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Nessus ID: 68933
Nessus Name: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator < 4.6.7 Multiple XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 802350
OpenVAS Name: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 August13
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Upgrade: ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.7
Timeline
06/08/2013 🔍07/12/2013 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: KB78824
Researcher: Nuri Fattah
Organization: NATO Computer Incident Response Capability
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-4883 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4883
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9531
SecurityFocus: 61422
Secunia: 54143 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 95189
SecurityTracker: 1028803
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/17/2013 15:36Updated: 07/05/2025 23:51
Changes: 07/17/2013 15:36 (81), 04/26/2019 20:59 (5), 05/18/2021 19:52 (3), 05/18/2021 20:00 (2), 07/05/2025 23:51 (14)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:FB3:103
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