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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Micollab

The Join Meeting page of Mitel MiCollab Web Client before 9.2 FP2 could allow an attacker to access (view and modify) user data by executing arbitrary code due to insufficient input validation, aka Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). (2021-08-13, CVE-2021-27401)

The AWV component of Mitel MiCollab before 9.2 could allow an attacker to view system information by sending arbitrary code due to improper input validation, aka XSS. (2020-12-18, CVE-2020-25606)

The AWV portal of Mitel MiCollab before 9.2 could allow an attacker to gain access to conference information by sending arbitrary code due to improper input validation, aka XSS. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to view user conference information. (2020-12-18, CVE-2020-25611)

The NuPoint Messenger Portal of Mitel MiCollab before 9.2 could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary scripts due to insufficient input validation, aka XSS. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to view and modify user data. (2020-12-18, CVE-2020-25609)

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web conferencing component of the Mitel MiCollab application before 9.0.15 for Android could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack due to insufficient validation in the file upload interface. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts. (2020-03-02, CVE-2019-19370)

Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous

Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.

The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:

https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete

what results in:

<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>

In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:

https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>

and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:

<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>

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