Armorlogic Profense Web Application Firewall before 2.2.22, and 2.4.x before 2.4.4, does not properly implement the positive model, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain protection mechanisms via a %0A (encoded newline), as demonstrated by a %0A in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack URL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profense_web_application_firewall | Armorlogic | * | 2.2.21 (including) |
| Profense_web_application_firewall | Armorlogic | 2.4 (including) | 2.4 (including) |
References
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/ES-20090500-profense.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503649/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35053
- http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/archive/2009-05/msg00040.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50662
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/ES-20090500-profense.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503649/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35053
- http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/archive/2009-05/msg00040.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50662