CVE-2022-3260: Medium severity red hat openshift vulnerability

Published Jul 13, 2022
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Updated

Description of the problem: The response header has not enabled X-FRAME-OPTIONS, Which helps prevents against Clickjacking attack. Clickjacking, also known as a 'UI redress attack', is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link on another page when they were intending to click on the top level page. Thus, the attacker is 'hijacking' clicks meant for their page and routing them to other another page, most likely owned by another application, domain, or both.

Release version: 2.4.4

Operator snapshot version: Unknown

OCP version: 4.9

Browser Info: Unknown

Steps to reproduce: 1. Login into the application Using "admin1" user 2. Navigate to search >> filter 3. Intercept the request using a proxy tool 4. Apply attack value in parameter Parameter: filters Attack Value: [{"property":"kind","values":["test"]},{"property":"'b) OR (1","values":["1'"]}

Actual results:

Expected results:

Additional info:

Other sources

The response header has not enabled X-FRAME-OPTIONS, Which helps prevents against Clickjacking attack.. Some browsers would interpret these results incorrectly, allowing clickjacking attacks.

Affected Software

1 affected component
redhat Openshift=4.9

Event History

Jul 13, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·02:06 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Dec 8, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-3260.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-3260?

The severity of CVE-2022-3260 is medium with a score of 4.8.

3

How does CVE-2022-3260 exploit work?

CVE-2022-3260 exploits the Clickjacking vulnerability by not enabling the X-FRAME-OPTIONS header in the response, which allows attackers to load the vulnerable website within an iframe on a malicious site.

4

Which browsers are vulnerable to clickjacking attacks due to CVE-2022-3260?

Some browsers may interpret the results incorrectly and are vulnerable to clickjacking attacks due to CVE-2022-3260.

5

How can I fix CVE-2022-3260?

To fix CVE-2022-3260, enable the X-FRAME-OPTIONS header in the response, which helps prevent clickjacking attacks.

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