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ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 (licenseUpload.php) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Critical
Advisory ID
ZSL-2025-5905
Release Date
10 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 ABB Cylon Aspect BMS/BAS controller suffers from an authenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This can be exploited by uploading a malicious .txt file containing an XSS payload, which is stored on the server and served back to users. Although the filename is sanitized via the filename POST parameter, the file contents are not inspected or sanitized, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary client-side scripts that execute in the context of any user accessing the infected file or related web page (license.php). To bypass file upload checks, the request must include the Variant string, enabling the upload process for potential exploitation.

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.
10.01.2025Coordinated public security advisory released.
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
References
Changelog
10.01.2025Initial release
09.05.2025Added reference [4]