CVE-2012-4259

medium
Published 2012-08-13 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contacts in (1) XPhone UC Web and the (2) web frontend for XPhone Virtual Directory in C4B XPhone Unified Communications (UC) 2011 Web 4.1.890S R1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the company name. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18802 webapps asp text · 5 KB
Vulnerability-Lab · 2012-04-30

C4B XPhone UC Web 4.1.890S R1 - Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
Title:
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C4B XPhone UC Web 4.1.890S R1 - Cross Site Vulnerability

Date:
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2012-04-24

References:
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=484

VL-ID:
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484

Introduction:
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XPhone Unified Communications 2011 ist die leistungsstärkste Telefonie- und Kommunikationslösung von C4B. 
Sie ist leicht zu bedienen und verbessert die Arbeitsabläufe in Unternehmen. Die Lösung integriert sich 
nahtlos in bestehende Anwendungen und nutzt die vorhandene Telefonanlage und IT-Infrastruktur. Dabei 
werden die verschiedensten Kommunikationsmittel wie Telefon, Handy, Fax, Voicemail, SMS und Instant Messaging 
vereint und mit Präsenzinformationen kombiniert. Die Software stellt leistungsfähige Telefonie-Funktionen in 
praktisch allen Anwendungen wie z.B. Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Warenwirtschaftssystemen (ERP),

Kundendatenbanken (CRM) oder dem Webbrowser zur Verfügung. Die Verknüpfung von Telefonereignissen mit bestimmten 
Aktionen, z.B. Starten von Anwendungen, automatische Erstellung von Briefen oder Faxe u.v.m, verbessert die 
Arbeitsabläufe in Unternehmen spürbar.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://www.c4b.de )

Abstract:
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A Vulnerability Laboratory Researcher discovered a persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in C4B XPhone UC Web v4.1.890SR1.

Report-Timeline:
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2012-04-24:	Public or Non-Public Disclosure

Status:
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Published

Affected Products:
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C4B
Product: XPhone UC Web v4.1.890SR1

Exploitation-Technique:
=======================
Remote

Severity:
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Medium

Details:
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A persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been detected on C4B XPhone UC Web v4.1.890SR1 and versions below. 
The bug allows an attacker to inject arbitrary script code on the application side (persistent) via for example 
a connected groupware application like Microsoft Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes. The injected script code is 
executed on every client who is searching for details of the manipulated user on the web application. Successful 
exploitation of the vulnerability can therefor lead to session hijacking or stable (persistent) context manipulation.

Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] Work => Home/Work => Company Name (Input)
[+] Contact Phone Listing => Company Name Display Conversation (Output)

Picture(s):
../1.png
../2.png

Proof of Concept:
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The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker who is able to change his own Groupware details to inject arbitrary code 
like shown on the screenshots, which results in a persistent context manipulation ...

File: Client.aspx

<div id="XPhoneMCDivSearchDetails" style="display: block;" class="ai2" title="Anwesend (Bis auf Weiteres)" userguid="7c9064ab-d6ce-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX">
<strong>Julien Ahrens</strong>
<br>Vulnerability-Lab<br><iframe src="http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/index.php"></iframe>
</div>

<div id="XPhoneMCDivSearchDetails" style="display: block; " class="ai2" title="Anwesend (Bis auf Weiteres)" userguid="7c9064ab-d6ce-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX">
<strong>Julien Ahrens</strong><br>
<a href="www.vulnerability-lab.com" onclick="javascript:alert(document.cookie)">Vulnerability-Lab</a>
</div>

Risk:
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The security risk of the persistent cross site scripting vulnerability is estimated as medium.

Credits:
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory - Julien Ahrens (MrTuxracer) [www.inshell.net]

Disclaimer:
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
c4bxphone_unified_communications_20114.1.890s

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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