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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Service Manager
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in New equipment page in EasyVista Service Manager 2018.1.181.1 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via the notes field. (2022-10-20, CVE-2021-33231)
Ivanti Service Manager 2021.1 allows reflected XSS via the appName parameter associated with ConfigDB calls, such as in RelocateAttachments.aspx. (2022-02-01, CVE-2021-38560)
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Micro Focus Service Manager product. Affecting versions 9.50, 9.51, 9.52, 9.60, 9.61, 9.62, 9.63. The vulnerability could be exploited to allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (2020-05-19, CVE-2020-11845)
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>