CVE-2014-5397 Schneider Electric Wonderware Cross-site Scripting

What is CVE-2014-5397?

CVE-2014-5397 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Schneider Electric Wonderware Information Server Portal, published on 28 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Schneider Electric Wonderware Information Server (WIS) Portal 4.0 SP1 through 5.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5397?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Invensys Wonderware Information Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5397?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-5397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Wonderware Information Server Portal

• CVE-2013-0685 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-0686 XML external entity in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2011-2962 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2014-2380 Schneider Electric Wonderware Inadequate Encryption Strength High 7.8
• CVE-2014-5399 Schneider Electric Wonderware SQL Injection High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4922-5mj7-g3fq.