Trustwave SpiderLabs Security Advisory TWSL2013-024:
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Superscan 4.0
Published: 08/02/2013
Version: 1.0
Vendor: McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com/)
Product: SuperScan
Version affected: v4.0
Product description:
SuperScan 4 is a Windows port scanning tool used as a TCP port scanner,
pinger and resolver.
Finding 1: Cross-Side Scripting Vulnerability
*****Credit: Piotr Duszynski @drk1wi of Trustwave SpiderLabs
CVE: CVE-2013-4884
CWE: CWE-79
It is possible to inject UTF-7 encoded XSS payload to the SuperScan 4.0
generated port scan report, through a specially crafted server response.
The injectable payload (partially UTF-7 encoded without parenthesis):
+ADw-img src=x onerror='a setter=alert,a="UTF-7-XSS";'+AD4-
XSS exploitation of McAfee SuperScan 4.0 can be automated with the
Portspoof software.
Remediation Steps:
The vendor released a fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to
upgrade SuperScan to version 4.1.
Revision History:
07/22/13 - Vulnerability disclosed to vendor
08/01/13 - Patch released by vendor
08/02/13 - Advisory published
References:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB78992
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