GE Proficy Historian Web Administrator Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50473
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-3320
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 01 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 08:47AM
Credit:	Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle
Vulnerable:	General Electric Proficy HMI/SCADA-iFIX 5.1 General Electric Proficy HMI/SCADA-iFIX 5.0 General Electric Proficy HMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY 8.2 General Electric Proficy HMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY 8.1 General Electric Proficy Historian 0
Not Vulnerable:

GE Proficy Historian Web Administrator Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Historian Web Administrator component for Proficy Historian 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.

All versions of Proficy Historian, Proficy HMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY 8.1 and 8.2, and Proficy HMI/SCADA-iFIX 5.0 and 5.1 are vulnerable.

GE Proficy Historian Web Administrator Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

GE Proficy Historian Web Administrator 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].

GE Proficy Historian Web Administrator Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• GE Proficy Historian Homepage (GE)
  
• GEIP11-03 Security Advisory - Proficy Historian Web Administrator.pdf (GE)
  
• ICSA-11-243-02�??GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS PROFICY HISTORIAN WEB ADMINISTRATOR XSS (ICS-CERT)