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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2018-11588

Severity Medium
Score 5.4/10

Summary

Centreon before 18.10.6 including Centreon Web before 2.8.24 is vulnerable to an authenticated user injecting a payload into the username or command description, resulting in stored XSS. This is related to www/include/core/menu/menu.php and www/include/configuration/configObject/command/formArguments.php.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published