VDB-97717 · CVE-2017-6533 · BID 96935

webpagetest 3.0 view.php benchmark cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in webpagetest 3.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file webpagetest-master/www/benchmarks/view.php. This manipulation of the argument benchmark causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-6533. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in webpagetest 3.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file webpagetest-master/www/benchmarks/view.php. The manipulation of the argument benchmark with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue was discovered in webpagetest 3.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (benchmark) passed to the webpagetest-master/www/benchmarks/view.php URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2017 by Venustech with Adlab of Venustech (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6533 since 03/08/2017. 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 known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:webpagetest-master/www/benchmarks/view.php 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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96935†). The entries VDB-97718, VDB-97719, VDB-97720 and VDB-97721 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Researcher: Venustech
Organization: Adlab of Venustech
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6533 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6533
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97717
SecurityFocus: 96935 - webpagetest Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6533 - WebPageTest - Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2017 13:27
Updated: 09/05/2020 16:08
Changes: 03/08/2017 13:27 (60), 09/05/2020 16:08 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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