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ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 (webServerUpdate.php) Input Validation Config Poisoning

Critical
Advisory ID
ZSL-2025-5901
Release Date
09 January 2025
Vendor
Affected Version
NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio, Firmware: <=3.08.02
CVE
N/A
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 ABB BMS/BAS controller suffers from improper input validation on the port POST parameter in the webServerUpdate.php script. This input is not validated on the server side and relies on bypassable client-side checks using the inString.js script to verify that the port parameter contains only characters from the set (0123456789). Attackers can bypass these checks and supply arbitrary integer values. Exploitation of this issue can result in configuration poisoning, Denial of Service (DoS) through malformed configurations, or manipulation of server settings via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) combined with authentication bypass.

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.
09.01.2025Public security advisory released.
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
References
Changelog
09.01.2025Initial release
10.01.2025Added reference [1]
09.05.2025Added reference [2]