Check Point Advisories

Symantec Web Gateway Multiple PHP Pages Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2014-1652)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1727
Date Published: 21 Jul 2014
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Wednesday 06 August, 2014
Source: Symantec
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-1652
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Symantec Web Gateway prior to 5.2.1
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Symantec Web Gateway. Successful exploitation could result in attacker-controlled script code being executed in the browser context of the Symantec Web Gateway management console. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of "variable[]", "operator[]", "other[]" and "operand[]" parameters of several php pages including but not limited to "entSummary.php", "custom_report.php", "host_spy_report.php" and "repairedclients.php" pages. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to click on a malicious link.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Web Gateway Multiple PHP Pages Cross Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Symantec Web Gateway Multiple PHP Pages Cross Site Scripting

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