MS11-061: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2546250) (uncredentialed check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55801

Synopsis

A web application running on the remote Windows host has a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of Remote Desktop Web Access running on the remote host has a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. Input to the 'ReturnUrl' parameter of login.aspx is not properly sanitized.

A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into requesting a maliciously crafted URL, resulting in arbitrary script code execution.

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Windows 2008 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2011/ms11-061

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55801

File Name: ms11-061_remote.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Published: 8/9/2011

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2

Required KB Items: www/rd_web_access

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1263

BID: 49040

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

IAVB: 2011-B-0103

MSFT: MS11-061

MSKB: 2546250