Check Point Advisories

Cross-Site Scripting Over HTTP Headers (CVE-2004-0705; CVE-2005-2869; CVE-2006-4747; CVE-2010-4841; CVE-2016-6285; CVE-2020-20285; CVE-2020-25786; CVE-2020-26574; CVE-2020-35592; CVE-2020-9016; CVE-2021-37216; CVE-2022-35416; CVE-2023-1861; CVE-2023-41642)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-0799
Date Published:	17 Oct 2023
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 04 January, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0705 CVE-2005-2869 CVE-2006-4747 CVE-2010-4841 CVE-2016-6285 CVE-2020-20285 CVE-2020-25786 CVE-2020-26574 CVE-2020-35592 CVE-2020-9016 CVE-2021-37216 CVE-2022-35416 CVE-2023-1861 CVE-2023-41642
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Remote attackers use Cross-Site Scripting scanning in order to locate potential Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities on a target server, which could be later used for attacks.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cross-Site Scripting Over HTTP Headers protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Cross-Site Scripting Over HTTP Headers