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Adobe ColdFusion 'cfadminUserId' XSS (APSB10-11)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 46705
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Synopsis
A web application running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.Description
The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the administrative web interface. Input to the 'cfadminUserId' parameter of '/CFIDE/administrator/login.cfm' is not properly sanitized. This vulnerability is present when the 'Separate user name and password authentication' configuration setting is enabled.This version of ColdFusion is reportedly affected by additional vulnerabilities, although Nessus has not checked for those issues.
Solution
Apply the hotfix referenced in Adobe's advisory.See Also
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-11.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 46705
File Name: coldfusion_cfadminuserid_xss.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 5/24/2010
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion
Required KB Items: installed_sw/ColdFusion
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Exploited by Nessus: true
Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-1293
BID: 40073