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Forescout CounterACT 6.3.4.1 - Open Redirect

ID: CVE-2012-4982

Severity: medium

Author: ctflearner

Tags: cve,cve2012,redirect,forescout,counteract

Description

Section titled “Description”

Open redirect vulnerability in assets/login on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the ‘a’ parameter.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2012-4982


info:
  name: Forescout CounterACT 6.3.4.1 - Open Redirect
  author: ctflearner
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Open redirect vulnerability in assets/login on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the 'a' parameter.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the download of malware.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a newer version of Forescout CounterACT to fix the open redirect vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38062
    - https://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/forescout-cross-site-redirection.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4982
    - http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/forescout-cross-site-redirection.html
    - https://github.com/tr3ss/newclei
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.8
    cve-id: CVE-2012-4982
    cwe-id: CWE-20
    epss-score: 0.00357
    epss-percentile: 0.72078
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:forescout:counteract:6.3.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: forescout
    product: counteract
  tags: cve,cve2012,redirect,forescout,counteract


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/assets/login?a=https://interact.sh"


    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?://|//)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$'
# digest: 490a004630440220455262c34bd7b03d679bee88d50159c9f6e152e854fc8197ba86b08968774a1302204d90159f421d5a277888f94a4b240c23e7140f6fcc66287e43b662588cd8e099:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-4982.yaml"

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