Sophos Email Appliance Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:27813

Info

Sophos Email Appliance Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 27813
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0838
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 15 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit: Leon Juranic is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Sophos Email Appliance 2.1 0
Not Vulnerable: Sophos Email Appliance 2.1.1 .0

Discussion

Sophos Email Appliance Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Sophos Email Appliance is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that affect its web interface because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Please note that potential exploits will likely target privileged users.

These issues affect versions prior to Sophos Email Appliance 2.1.1.0.

Exploit / POC

Sophos Email Appliance Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

To exploit these issues, an attacker must trick a user into visiting a malicious site.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

https://www.example.com:18080/Login?logout=0&error=<INJECTION>&go=<INJECTION>

Solution / Fix

Sophos Email Appliance Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released fixes to address these issues. Please see the references and contact the vendor for information on how to obtain and apply the updates.

References

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