Cisco Guard up to 5.1(6) HTTP Meta-Refresh cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Guard up to 5.1(6). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Meta-Refresh Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco Guard DDoS Mitigation Appliance before 5.1(6), when anti-spoofing is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain character sequences in a URL that are not properly handled when the appliance sends a meta-refresh.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2006. The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2006 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4909 since 09/20/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (29057). The entries VDB-1053, VDB-23363 and VDB-23850 are pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Highly functional

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cisco.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: http://www.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4909 (🔍)
X-Force: 29057 - Cisco Guard anti-spoofing cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1016890
Vulnerability Center: 12797 - [cisco-sa-20060920-guardxss] Cisco Guard Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 20122 - Cisco Guard Meta-Refresh Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 21962 - Cisco Guard "meta-refresh" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 29035 - Cisco Guard meta-refresh Tag XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-3720

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/22/2006 14:09
Updated: 07/08/2019 20:44
Changes: 09/22/2006 14:09 (83), 07/08/2019 20:44 (2)
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