Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:31543

Info

Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31543
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4485
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 02 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:22PM
Credit: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian
Vulnerable: Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 5.3
Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 5.2
Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 4.2
Not Vulnerable: Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 5.3.1 .7
Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 5.2.5
Blue Coat Systems WebFilter 4.2.9

Discussion

Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Blue Coat WebFilter is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the vulnerable application. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Blue Coat WebFilter 4.2, 5.2, and 5.3 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker entices an unsuspecting user into following a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please contact the vendor for details.

References

Blue Coat WebFilter ICAP Patience Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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