LISTSERV 17 Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

2023.04.02

Credit: Shaunt Der-Grigorian

Risk: Low

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2022-39195

CWE: CWE-79

Dork: inurl:/scripts/wa.exe

# Exploit Title: LISTSERV 17 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
# Google Dork: inurl:/scripts/wa.exe
# Date: 12/01/2022
# Exploit Author: Shaunt Der-Grigorian
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.lsoft.com/
# Software Link: https://www.lsoft.com/download/listserv.asp
# Version: 17
# Tested on: Windows Server 2019
# CVE : CVE-2022-39195
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LISTSERV 17 web interface allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via the "c" parameter.
To reproduce, please visit
http://localhost/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=test&c=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E
(or whichever URL you can use for testing instead of localhost).
The "c" parameter will reflect any value given onto the page.
# Solution
This vulnerability can be mitigated by going under "Server Administration" to "Web Templates" and editing the BODY-LCMD-MESSAGE web template. Change &+CMD; to &+HTMLENCODE(&+CMD;); .

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Dork: inurl:/scripts/wa.exe

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