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

CVE-2024-47524

Medium
4.8/10

Summary

LibreNMS is an open-source, PHP/MySQL/SNMP-based network monitoring system. A user with an Admin role can create a Device Group, the application did not properly sanitize the user input in the Device Group name, when the user sees the detail of the Device Group, if java script code is inside the name of the Device Group, it will be trigger. This vulnerability affects librenms/librenms versions prior to 24.9.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • 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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