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ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 Cookie User Password Disclosure

High
Advisory ID
ZSL-2025-5895
Release Date
06 January 2025
Vendor
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
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 application suffers from cleartext transmission and storage of sensitive information in a Cookie. This includes the globals parameter, where authdata contains base64-encoded credentials. A remote attacker can intercept the HTTP Cookie, including authentication credentials, through a man-in-the-middle attack, potentially compromising user accounts and sensitive data.

Proof of Concept
Disclosure Timeline
21.04.2024Vulnerability discovered.
22.04.2024Vendor contacted.
22.04.2024Vendor responds.
02.05.2024Working with the vendor.
03.12.2024Vendor releases version 3.08.03 to address this issue.
06.01.2025Public security advisory released.
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
References
Changelog
06.01.2025Initial release
09.01.2025Added reference [3]
09.05.2025Added reference [4]