ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 (WatchDogServlet) Authenticated Reflected XSS

Title: ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 (WatchDogServlet) Authenticated Reflected XSS
Advisory ID: ZSL-2024-5886
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Risk: (3/5)
Release Date: 24.12.2024
Summary
ASPECT is an award-winning scalable building energy management and control solution designed to allow users seamless access to their building data through standard building protocols including smart devices.
Description
The ABB BMS/BAS controller suffers from an authenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. Input passed to the GET parameter 'name' is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML/JS code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Vendor
ABB Ltd. - https://www.global.abb
Affected Version
NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio
Firmware: <=3.08.02
Tested On
GNU/Linux 3.15.10 (armv7l)
GNU/Linux 3.10.0 (x86_64)
GNU/Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64)
Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor E3930 @ 1.30GHz
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4208 CPU @ 2.10GHz
PHP/7.3.11
PHP/5.6.30
PHP/5.4.16
PHP/4.4.8
PHP/5.3.3
AspectFT Automation Application Server
lighttpd/1.4.32
lighttpd/1.4.18
Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.6.22.1.-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.261-b02, mixed mode)
ErgoTech MIX Deployment Server 2.0.0
Vendor Status
[21.04.2024] Vulnerability discovered.
[22.04.2024] Vendor contacted.
[22.04.2024] Vendor responds.
[02.05.2024] Working with the vendor.
[03.12.2024] Vendor releases version 3.08.03 to address this issue.
[24.12.2024] Coordinated public security advisory released.
PoC
abb_aspect_xss4.txt
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <gjoko@zeroscience.mk>
References
[1] https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108469A7497&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
[2] https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6516
[3] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6516
[4] https://packetstorm.news/files/id/183295/
Changelog
[24.12.2024] - Initial release
[25.12.2024] - Added reference [4]
Contact
Zero Science Lab

Web: https://www.zeroscience.mk
e-mail: lab@zeroscience.mk