Performance Charts must protect cookies from cross-site scripting (XSS).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256614	VCPF-70-000004	SV-256614r888333_rule		Medium

Description
Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If an attacker can compromise session data stored in a cookie, they are better able to launch an attack against the server and its applications. When a cookie is tagged with the "HttpOnly" flag, it tells the browser that this particular cookie should only be accessed by the originating server. Any attempt to access the cookie from client script is strictly forbidden. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000002, SRG-APP-000439-WSR-000154

Description

Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If an attacker can compromise session data stored in a cookie, they are better able to launch an attack against the server and its applications. When a cookie is tagged with the "HttpOnly" flag, it tells the browser that this particular cookie should only be accessed by the originating server. Any attempt to access the cookie from client script is strictly forbidden. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000002, SRG-APP-000439-WSR-000154

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-21

Details

Check Text ( C-60289r888331_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml \| sed '2 s/xmlns=".*"//g' \| xmllint --xpath '/web-app/session-config/cookie-config/http-only' - Expected result: true If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60232r888332_fix)
Navigate to and open: /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml Navigate to the node and configure it as follows: true true 30 Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart perfcharts