CVE-2017-9781
A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK versions 1.4.0x prior to 1.4.0p6, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the _username parameter when attempting authentication to webapi.py,…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK versions 1.4.0x prior to 1.4.0p6, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the _username parameter when attempting authentication to webapi.py, which is returned unencoded with content type text/html.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.56% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- check mk project/check mk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.