McAfee Superscan 4.0 Cross Site Scripting

`Trustwave SpiderLabs Security Advisory TWSL2013-024:  
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Superscan 4.0  
  
Published: 08/02/2013  
Version: 1.0  
  
Vendor: McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com/)  
Product: SuperScan  
Version affected: v4.0  
  
Product description:  
SuperScan 4 is a Windows port scanning tool used as a TCP port scanner,  
pinger and resolver.  
  
Finding 1: Cross-Side Scripting Vulnerability  
*****Credit: Piotr Duszynski @drk1wi of Trustwave SpiderLabs  
CVE: CVE-2013-4884  
CWE: CWE-79  
  
It is possible to inject UTF-7 encoded XSS payload to the SuperScan 4.0  
generated port scan report, through a specially crafted server response.  
  
The injectable payload (partially UTF-7 encoded without parenthesis):  
  
+ADw-img src=x onerror='a setter=alert,a="UTF-7-XSS";'+AD4-  
  
XSS exploitation of McAfee SuperScan 4.0 can be automated with the  
Portspoof software.  
  
Remediation Steps:  
The vendor released a fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to  
upgrade SuperScan to version 4.1.  
  
Revision History:  
07/22/13 - Vulnerability disclosed to vendor  
08/01/13 - Patch released by vendor  
08/02/13 - Advisory published  
  
References:  
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB78992  
  
  
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