XSS in Host Manager

2007.08.15

Credit: Mark Thomas

Risk: Low

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2007-3386

CWE: CWE-79

CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10

Impact Subscore: 2.9/10

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Medium

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: None

Integrity impact: Partial

Availability impact: None

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CVE-2007-3386: XSS in Host Manager

Severity:
Low (Cross-site scripting)

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
6.0.0 to 6.0.13
5.5.0 to 5.5.24

Description:
The Host Manager Servlet does not filter user supplied data before
display. This enables an XSS attack.

Mitigation:
Log out (close browser) of the Host Manager application once admin
tasks are complete
Upgrade to 6.0.14

Credit:
This issue was discovered by the NTT OSS CENTER who worked with the
JPCERT/CC to report the vulnerability.

Example:
<form action="http://localhost:8080/host-manager/html/add" method="get">
<input type="hidden" NAME='name' VALUE="aaa">
<input type="hidden" NAME='aliases' VALUE="<script>alert()</script>">
<input type="submit">
</form>

References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html

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