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CVE-2014-4172 Detail

Description

A URL parameter injection vulnerability was found in the back-channel ticket validation step of the CAS protocol in Jasig Java CAS Client before 3.3.2, .NET CAS Client before 1.0.2, and phpCAS before 1.3.3 that allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) service parameter to validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java or (2) pgtUrl parameter to validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137182.html Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759718 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131350 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95673 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/Jasig/dotnet-cas-client/commit/f0e030014fb7a39e5f38469f43199dc590fd0e8d Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Jasig/java-cas-client/commit/ae37092100c8eaec610dab6d83e5e05a8ee58814 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Jasig/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/ChangeLog Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/Jasig/phpCAS/pull/125 Third Party Advisory 
https://issues.jasig.org/browse/CASC-228 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3017.en.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.mail-archive.com/cas-user%40lists.jasig.org/msg17338.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4172
NVD Published Date:
01/24/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE