LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 'axes_default.css' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	47672
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 02 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	May 02 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Patrick Webster
Vulnerable:	LANSA LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 0
Not Vulnerable:

LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 'axes_default.css' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 'axes_default.css' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

https://www.example.com/axests/terminal?cssref=/ts/skins/axes_default.css?axbuild=135001&login=[xss]

LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 'axes_default.css' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

LANSA aXes Web Terminal TN5250 'axes_default.css' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (LANSA)
  
• OSI Security: LANSA aXes Web Terminal (TN5250) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilit ([email protected])