PT-2014-2607 · Sophos · Sophos Web Appliance

Published 2014-03-18 · Updated 2014-03-19 · CVE-2013-2643

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 Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.7.8.2

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The affected API endpoints and parameters include:

• rss.php with the xss parameter,
• end-user/errdoc.php with the msg parameter,
• end-user/ftp redirect.php with the h parameter,
• and the Blocked component with the threat parameter.

Recommendations For Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.7.8.2, update to version 3.7.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected API endpoints until a patch is available. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters xss, msg, h, and threat in the respective API endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2643

Affected Products

Sophos Web Appliance

References · 4

• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130403-0_Sophos_Web_Protection_Appliance_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24932 · Exploit
• http://sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118969.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2643 · Security Note