Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in IDENTIKEY Authentication Server help function

Advisory ID vasco-sa-20150903-ias

Revision number 1.0

Date of Release March 23, 2015 07:42 PM UTC+1

Last update March 25, 2015 07:42 PM UTC+1

Summary

Information security auditors from the company Security B.V. have privately reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability that is present in the help function of IDENTIKEY Authentication Server and IDENTIKEY (Virtual) Appliance installations.

Impacted Products

Following products are affected by the vulnerability:

  • IDENTIKEY (Virtual) Appliance versions 3.8 and earlier
  • IDENTIKEY Authentication Server versions 3.8 and earlier

Description

The web administration section of IDENTIKEY Authentication Server and IDENTIKEY (Virtual) Appliance also contains a help function. The help function is accessible in a subdirectory of the web administration section. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been found in this help function.

In order to open the help on a particular page, a special parameter can be passed as part of the help section URL. When replacing the value of this parameter with a specially crafted cross-site scripting attack vector, the attack vector will be executed in the context of the end-user’s browser.

Severity Score

The tables below denote the CVSS 2.0 vulnerability score of the various vulnerabilities.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Impact Integrity Impact Availability Impact
Network Medium None Partial None None

 

Product Fixes

OneSpan will fix these vulnerabilities in the following upcoming releases

  • IDENTIKEY (Virtual) Appliance 3.9
  • IDENTIKEY Authentication Server 3.9

Location

Customers with a maintenance contract can obtain fixed product releases from MyMaintenance.
Customers without a maintenance contract should contact their local sales representative.

Reference

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🖨 Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in IDENTIKEY Authentication Server help function