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

CVE-2019-15230

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

LibreNMS has XSS in the Create User, Inventory, Add Device, Notifications, Alert Rule, Create Maintenance, and Alert Template sections of the admin console. This could lead to cookie stealing and other malicious actions. This vulnerability can be exploited with an authenticated account.

  • 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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published