CVE-2020-14210
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedReflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MONITORAPP WAF in which script can be executed when responding to Request URL information. It provides a function to response to Request URL information when blocking.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in MONITORAPP WAF where malicious script can be injected via the Request URL and executed when the WAF responds with blocking information. The vulnerability occurs because the Request URL is not properly sanitized or encoded when reflected back to the user in the blocking response.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 2020-06-16<= 2020-06-16CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Monitorapp product installationLocate Monitorapp Application Insight Web Application or Monitorapp Web Application Firewall on the system. Check for product processes, services, or installation directories typical for this software.Affected if The product is not found on the system.
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Determine installed versionAccess the product version information through the application UI, about page, or version file. Compare the version date to the affected cutoff of 2020-06-16.Affected if The installed version is dated 2020-06-16 or earlier.
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Verify WAF blocking is enabledCheck the WAF configuration to confirm that blocking mode is active. Locate the blocking policy or rule settings that determine the WAF response when threats are detected.Affected if Blocking is disabled and the system only logs alerts without returning blocking responses.
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Inspect blocking response for URL reflectionTrigger a test blocking response by sending a request that would be blocked. Examine the HTML response returned to the client. Look for the Request URL value being reflected in the response body without encoding or sanitization.Affected if The blocking response page displays the original Request URL in an unencoded manner, allowing script injection through URL parameters.
The environment is affected if Monitorapp WAF or Application Insight is installed with version dated 2020-06-16 or earlier and blocking mode is enabled, with the blocking response reflecting the Request URL without proper encoding.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper output encoding/sanitization of the Request URL parameter in the blocking response function to prevent script execution. Validate and escape all user-controlled input before reflecting it in HTTP responses.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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