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CVE-2014-2843

"Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)" (CWE-79) vulnerability in "infoware MapSuite"

Vendor

infoware GmbH

Product

MapSuite

Affected versions

This vulnerability affects versions of MapSuite MapAPI prior to 1.0.36 and 1.1.49

Fixed versions

MapSuite MapAPI 1.0.36 and 1.1.49
Both patches are available since 2014-03-26.

Reported by

This issue was reported to the vendor by Christian Schneider (@cschneider4711)
following a responsible disclosure process.

Severity

Medium

Exploitability

No authentication required

Description

Using a specially crafted URL to access the MapAPI it is possible to execute Reflected
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This enables attackers to impersonate victim users
(in context of the origin exposing the MapAPI) when logged-in victims are accessing
attacker supplied links.

Proof of concept

Due to the responsible disclosure process chosen and to not harm unpatched systems,
no concrete exploit code will be presented in this advisory.

Migration

MapSuite MapAPI 1.0.x users should upgrade to 1.0.36 or later as soon as possible.
MapSuite MapAPI 1.1.x users should upgrade to 1.1.49 or later as soon as possible.

See also

n/a

Timeline

2014-03-14 Vulnerability discovered
2014-03-14 Vulnerability responsibly reported to vendor
2014-03-21 Reply from vendor acknowledging report
2014-03-26 Reply from vendor with updated patch (version 1.0.36 and 1.1.49)
meanwhile Verification of the patch by reporting researcher + vendor informed customers
2014-06-01 Advisory published in coordination with vendor via BugTraq

References

http://www.christian-schneider.net/advisories/CVE-2014-2843.txt

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