Description
Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall before 2.2.22, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4, does not properly implement the "negative model," which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a modified end tag of a SCRIPT element.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Profense 2.2.20/2.4.2 - Web Application Firewall Security Bypass EDB-33002 · webapps · May 20, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/ES-20090500-profense.txt
- 35053 vdb-entry
- 20090520 Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall 2.4 multiple vulnerabilities. mailing-list
- [websecurity] 20090519 [WEB SECURITY] Trustwave's SpiderLabs Security Advisory TWSL2009-001 and EnableSecurity Advisory ES-20090500 mailing-list
- profense-blacklist-security-bypass(50663) vdb-entry