Overview
The ForeScout CounterACT appliance contains reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
Description
The web interface of the ForeScout CounterACT appliance contains reflected XSS vulnerabilities (CWE-79). The following are a couple examples: hxxp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/status?username=test"><script>alert(1);</script> |
Impact
A remote attacker may, by luring a user into clicking a malicious URL, be able to disclose sensitive information, steal user cookies, or escalate privileges. |
Solution
Apply an Update
Customers may obtain these patches automatically via the "Check For Updates" function or by logging into the ForeScout Customer Support Portal. (Login Required) |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Temporal | 3.4 | E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| Environmental | 3.4 | CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Travis Lee for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jared Allar.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2012-1825 |
| Date Public: | 2012-06-07 |
| Date First Published: | 2012-06-08 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2013-05-15 19:33 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 24 |