PT-2012-5697 · Layton · Layton Helpbox

Published 2012-12-12 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-4972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Layton Helpbox version 4.4.0

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via several parameters to specific API endpoints, including "writesolutionuser.asp" and "deletesolution.asp". The vulnerable parameters are: sys solution id, sys requesttype id, sys problem desc, sys solution desc, sys problemsummary, usr Action testing, usr Escalation, usr Additional Resources, and sys solution id for the respective endpoints.

Recommendations For Layton Helpbox version 4.4.0, consider restricting access to the vulnerable parameters sys solution id, sys requesttype id, sys problem desc, sys solution desc, sys problemsummary, usr Action testing, usr Escalation, and usr Additional Resources in the "writesolutionuser.asp" endpoint, and the sys solution id parameter in the "deletesolution.asp" endpoint, until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4972

Affected Products

Layton Helpbox

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4972 · Security Note
• http://reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-embedded-xss.html · Note
• http://reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-reflected-xss.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79658 · Note