SNS Vulnerability

Apache Flex asdoc Tool Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

Security.nl has reported a vulnerability in Apache Flex, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input appended via the URL to index.html within the generated asdoc documentation is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 4.14.1.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex) 4.x

Solution

Update to version 4.14.1.

CVE

CVE-2015-1773

References

Apache:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/64
Adobe:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flex/apsb15-08.html
Securify.nl:
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20150301/reflected_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_asdoc_generated_documentation.html

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

2015-04-08

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote