Barracuda Spam Firewall Cross-Site Scripting
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2 min readSep 21, 2007
.:: SUMMARY
Barracuda Spam Firewall Cross-Site Scripting
Version: Barracuda Spam Firewall firmware v3.4.10.102
It is suspected that all previous versions of Barracuda Spam Firewall are vulnerable.
.:: BACKGROUND
The Barracuda Spam Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution designed to protect your email server
from spam, virus, spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks.
More info: http://www.barracudanetworks.com
.:: DESCRIPTION
The Web Administration Console is vulnerable to a Pre-Auth Cross-Site Scripting due to a failure of the application to properly
sanitize user-supplied input prior to including it in dynamically generated web document when logging in with a username that
contains javascript injections and only while the "Monitor Web Syslog" screen is open.
Example :
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Inserting HTML/Javascript in the username form it will be injected, only if
an autheticated user has the "Monitor Web Syslog" open.
john@<script>alert("String")</script>.blah.com
.:: IMPACT
This can lead to credentials stealing.
.:: VENDOR RESPONSE
Vendor advisory:
"http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/support/tech_alert.php"
Vendor patch:
Upgrade to Firmware 3.5.10.016
.:: DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
08/24/2007 Initial vendor notification
08/27/2007 Initial vendor response
09/06/2007 Fix released by vendor
09/21/2007 Coordinated public disclosure
.:: CREDIT
Federico Kirschbaum is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
fedek][at][infobyte][dot][com][dot][ar
.:: LEGAL NOTICES
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