Siemens CP 1604 and 1616 <= v2.8 Improper Neutralization of Input during Web Page Generation

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720258

Synopsis

The integrated web server of the affected CP devices could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if unsuspecting users are tricked into following a malicious link.

Description

A CWE-79 vulnerability has been identified in CP 1604 (All versions <= v2.8) and CP 1616 (All versions <= v2.8). The integrated web server of the affected CP devices could allow Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks if unsuspecting users are tricked into following a malicious link. User interaction is required for a successful exploitation. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 720258

Family: SCADA

Published: 6/5/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13809

Detections

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