ICT Protege GX/WX 2.08 Authenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability

Title: ICT Protege GX/WX 2.08 Authenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability
Advisory ID: ZSL-2022-5699
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Risk: (3/5)
Release Date: 21.03.2022
Summary
Protege GX is an enterprise level integrated access control, intrusion detection and building automation solution with a feature set that is easy to operate, simple to integrate and effortless to extend. Protege WX is an all-in-one, web-based, cross-platform system that gives you a fully functional access control and intrusion detection solution in a fraction of the time of conventional software. With no software to install, setup is quick and simple. Connect the Controller and system components, then open a web browser to launch the intuitive wizard-driven interface which guides you through the process of configuring your system.
Description
The application suffers from an authenticated stored XSS vulnerability. The issue is triggered when input passed to the 'Name' parameter is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Vendor
Integrated Control Technology Ltd. - https://www.ict.co
Affected Version
GX: Ver: 2.08.1002 K1B3
Lib: 04.00.217
Int: 2.3.235.J013
OS: 2.0.20
WX: Ver: 4.00 284 H062
App: 02.08.766
Lib: 04.00.169
Int: 02.2.208
Tested On
Microsoft-WinCE/6.00
Vendor Status
[08.02.2022] Vulnerability discovered.
[08.02.2022] Vendor contacted.
[08.02.2022] Vendor responds asking if we are Certified Protégé Installers.
[08.02.2022] Replied to the vendor.
[16.02.2022] Vendor's technical support are online for Certified Protégé Installers only.
[16.02.2022] Further explanation provided to the vendor.
[18.02.2022] Vendor suggests to contact the incumbent security system installer and work with them to get our ticket logged.
[21.03.2022] Public security advisory released.
PoC
protege_xss.txt
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <gjoko@zeroscience.mk>
References
[1] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50835
[2] https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166390/
[3] https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022030099
[4] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222335
[5] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29734
[6] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29734
Changelog
[21.03.2022] - Initial release
[25.03.2022] - Added reference [1], [2], [3] and [4]
[29.05.2022] - Added reference [5] and [6]
Contact
Zero Science Lab

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e-mail: lab@zeroscience.mk