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HP System Management Homepage vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Vulnerability Note VU#125228

Original Release Date: 2014-10-03 | Last Revised: 2014-10-03

Overview

HP System Management Homepage versions 7.2.3 and 7.3.2.1 contain a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability.

Description

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') - CVE-2014-2640

HP System Management Homepage versions 7.2.3 and 7.3.2.1 contain a reflected cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The reflected XSS is found in the red2301.html page's vulnerable RedirectUrl parameter.

Impact

A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary script in the context of the end-user's browser session.

Solution

Apply an Update

Windows Server 2003 users should update to System Management Homepage version 7.2.4. All other users should update to System Management Homepage 7.4.

Please refer to HP's security bulletin for more information.

Vendor Information

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Hewlett-Packard Company Affected

Notified:  September 08, 2014 Updated: October 01, 2014

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.


CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:--
Temporal 5.8 E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C
Environmental 1.4 CDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jakub Pa𔊬zyński for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Todd Lewellen.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2014-2640
Date Public: 2014-09-30
Date First Published: 2014-10-03
Date Last Updated: 2014-10-03 13:48 UTC
Document Revision: 18

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