Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-4220 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
ibm
CWE-79
nessus

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Integrated Solution Console in the Administrative Console component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related in part to "URL injection."

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idWEBSPHERE_7_0_0_13.NASL
descriptionIBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 13 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the administrative console due to improper filtering on input values. (PM14251) - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the Integrated Solution Console due to improper filtering on input values. (PM11777) - An unspecified cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the administrative console for WebSphere Application Server. (PM18909) - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the administrative console for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. (PM17046) - An error exists in JAX-WS WS-Security, which mishandles timestamps in the WS-SecurityPolicy specification. (PM16014) - An error exists in the JAX-WS API, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted JAX-WS request. The server will begin sending corrupt data to its clients. (PM13777) - Apache Axis2/Java, used by WebSphere, is vulnerable to denial of service and information disclosure attacks due to an error in its XML DTD handling processes. (PM14844) - An unspecified error exists in the administration console that can cause high CPU usage and denial of service when specially crafted URLs are requested. (PM11807)
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id50561
published2010-11-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50561
titleIBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(50561);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16");

  script_cve_id(
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    "CVE-2010-1632",
    "CVE-2010-3186",
    "CVE-2010-4220"
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  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"40252");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"40279");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"41173");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"41722");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"42136");

  script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 13 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Reads the version number from the SOAP port");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote application server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 13 appears to be
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following vulnerabilities :

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the
    administrative console due to improper filtering on
    input values. (PM14251)

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the
    Integrated Solution Console due to improper filtering on
    input values. (PM11777)

  - An unspecified cross-site request forgery vulnerability
    exists in the administrative console for WebSphere
    Application Server. (PM18909)

  - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability
    exists in the administrative console for WebSphere
    Application Server for z/OS. (PM17046)

  - An error exists in JAX-WS WS-Security, which mishandles
    timestamps in the WS-SecurityPolicy specification.
    (PM16014)

  - An error exists in the JAX-WS API, which allows an
    attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a
    specially crafted JAX-WS request. The server will begin
    sending corrupt data to its clients. (PM13777)

  - Apache Axis2/Java, used by WebSphere, is vulnerable to
    denial of service and information disclosure attacks due
    to an error in its XML DTD handling processes. (PM14844)

  - An unspecified error exists in the administration
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21404665");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27009778");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27014463#70013");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4450");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"If using WebSphere Application Server, apply Fix Pack 13 (7.0.0.13) or
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Otherwise, if using embedded WebSphere Application Server packaged with
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"d2_elliot_name", value:"Apache Axis2 File Disclosure");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_d2_elliot", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'D2ExploitPack');
  script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/08/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/11/05");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Web Servers");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("websphere_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 8880, 8881);
  script_require_keys("www/WebSphere");

  exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:8880, embedded:0);


version = get_kb_item("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/version");
if (isnull(version)) exit(1, "Failed to extract the version from the IBM WebSphere Application Server instance listening on port " + port + ".");
if (version =~ "^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$")
  exit(1, "Failed to extract a granular version from the IBM WebSphere Application Server instance listening on port " + port + ".");

ver = split(version, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++)
  ver[i] = int(ver[i]);

if (ver[0] == 7 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] == 0 && ver[3] < 13)
{
  set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE);

  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    source = get_kb_item_or_exit("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/source");

    report =
      '\n  Source            : ' + source +
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : 7.0.0.13' +
      '\n';
    security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_hole(port);
  exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The WebSphere Application Server "+version+" instance listening on port "+port+" is not affected.");