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IBM Watson XSS / Open Redirect

🗓️ 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00Reported by Jerold HoongType 
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IBM Watson Cloud Computing SaaS (Cognea) logout.jsp page vulnerability to XSS and Open Redirec

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`# Vulnerability type: Cross-site Scripting & Redirect   
# Vendor: www.ibm.com  
# Product: IBM Watson Cloud Computing SaaS (Cognea)  
# Product Link: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/  
# Credit: Jerold Hoong  
  
The logout.jsp page function of the IBM Watson (Cognea) SaaS application is  
vulnerable to reflected XSS and redirect attacks. The value of the Referer  
HTTP header is directly referenced by the logout.jsp page and echoes the input  
unmodified in to the application’s response.  
  
# PROOF OF CONCEPT (XSS)  
  
- Sample URL: http://127.0.0.1/test/logout.jsp  
- Parameter: Referer HTTP header  
- Payload: javascript:alert('XSS')//  
  
# PROOF OF CONCEPT (Redirect)  
  
The logout.jsp page is vulnerable to unauthorised redirects.  
  
- Sample URL: http://127.0.0.1/test/logout.jsp  
- Parameter: Referer HTTP header  
- Payload: http://malicious-site.com/  
  
# TIMELINE  
- 16/04/2015: Vulnerability found  
- 17/04/2015: Vendor informed  
- 08/04/2015: Vendor responded and acknowledged  
- 03/06/2015: Vendor fixed the issue  
- 04/06/2015: Public disclosure  
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