SNS Vulnerability

Apache Solr Admin UI "Plugins/stats" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Fixed by 5.3.1 and 5.4

Description

(:A cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in the Admin UI of Apache Solr.:A remote attacker could exploit it by enticing their victim into following a specially crafted link in order to execute arbitrary HTML/JavaScript code.::This vulnerability is located in the "Plugins/stats" (webapp/web/js/scripts/plugins.js) URL input.::A proof of concept is available.)

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
Solr (Apache Software Foundation) - 4.10.4, 4.9, 5.2.1WebSphere Portal (IBM) - 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.1 CF1, 8.0.0.1 CF10, 8.0.0.1 CF11, ..., 8.5.0 CF10, 8.5.0 CF11, 8.5.0 CF12, 8.5.0 CF13, 8.5.0.0

Solution

- 8.0.0 to 8.0.0.1: Cumulative Fix 22 (CF22).

CVE

CVE-2015-8797

References

- Apache : Thers is a xss issue in plugins/stats page of Admin Web UI.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-7949
- IBM : Multiple Vulnerabilities affect IBM WebSphere Portal Rich Media Edition
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22005279

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2016-02-14

Target Type

Client

Possible exploit

Remote