PT-2016-02: Cross-Site Scripting in Advantech WebAccess Vulnerable softwareAdvantech WebAccess Version: 8.0 and earlierLinks: http://www.advantech.com/products/webaccess-solutions/Severity levelSeverity level: Low Impact: Cross-Site Scripting Access Vector: Remote CVSS v2: Base Score: 3.5 Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)CVE: CVE-2015-3948Software descriptionAdvantech WebAccess is a browser-based software package for human-machine interfaces HMI, and supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA. It is used to automate complex industrial processes for situations where remote operations are needed.Vulnerability descriptionThe specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess.A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 when the web server does not properly filter user input, which allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.How to fixUpdate your software up to the latest versionAdvisory status 15.12.2014 - Vendor gets vulnerability details 14.01.2016 - Vendor releases fixed version and details 10.03.2016 - Public disclosureCreditsThe vulnerability was detected by Mikhail Firstov and Ilya Karpov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)References http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2016-02 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-014-01 Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:http://www.ptsecurity.com http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/
