CVE-2013-4884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee SuperScan 4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded sequences in a server response, which is not properly handled in the SuperScan HTML report.

Published: 2014-01-21

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 4.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:superscan:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4729	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee SuperScan 4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded sequences in a server response, which is not properly handled in the SuperScan HTML report.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0427.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/68
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27406
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61640
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86257
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB78992
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-024.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Superscan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-01-21T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:59:40.554Z

Reserved: 2013-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4884

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-21T18:55:09.633

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:58:03.687

Link: CVE-2013-4884

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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