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Junos CVE-2016-4923

HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2017-10-13 sirt@juniper.net
8.0
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
8.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2017 - 17:29 cve.org
HIGH 8.0

DescriptionCVE.org

Insufficient cross site scripting protection in J-Web component in Juniper Networks Junos OS may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data and credentials from a J-Web session and to perform administrative actions on the Junos device. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 11.4 prior to 11.4R13-S3; 12.1X44 prior to 12.1X44-D60; 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D40; 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D30; 12.3 prior to 12.3R11; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D20; 13.2X51 prior to 13.2X51-D39, 13.2X51-D40; 13.3 prior to 13.3R9; 14.1 prior to 14.1R6; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6; 15.1 prior to 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D20; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D57.

AnalysisAI

Insufficient cross site scripting protection in J-Web component in Juniper Networks Junos OS may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Insufficient cross site scripting protection in J-Web component in Juniper Networks Junos OS may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data and credentials from a J-Web session and to perform administrative actions on the Junos device. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 11.4 prior to 11.4R13-S3; 12.1X44 prior to 12.1X44-D60; 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D40; 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D30; 12.3 prior to 12.3R11; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D20; 13.2X51 prior to 13.2X51-D39, 13.2X51-D40; 13.3 prior to 13.3R9; 14.1 prior to 14.1R6; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6; 15.1 prior to 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D20; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D57. Affected products include: Juniper Junos. Version information: prior to 11.4.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

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