Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity Cryptographic Weakness Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

8.6/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity9.8

Probability7.5

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 75.1% higher than 99.5% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,826 days 03 Nov 2021

CISA due date 03 May 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)03 Nov 2021
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Nov 2021
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %75.1%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Telerik.Web.UI.dll in Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX before R2 2017 SP1 and Sitefinity before 10.0.6412.0 does not properly protect Telerik.Web.UI.DialogParametersEncryptionKey or the MachineKey, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms, leading to a MachineKey leak, arbitrary file uploads or downloads, XSS, or ASP.NET ViewState compromise.

Affected products

ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-522

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

03 Jul 2017
Published
03 Nov 2021
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
03 Nov 2021
Added to the KEV catalog
03 May 2022
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 75.1%

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