CVE-2019-11454
Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in http/cervlet.c in Tildeslash Monit before 5.25.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to introduce arbitrary JavaScript via manipulation of an unsanitized user field of the Authorization header for HTTP Basic…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in http/cervlet.c in Tildeslash Monit before 5.25.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to introduce arbitrary JavaScript via manipulation of an unsanitized user field of the Authorization header for HTTP Basic Authentication, which is mishandled during an _viewlog operation.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.41% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mmonit/monit · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/1a8295eab6815072a18019b668fe084945b751f3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/328f60773057641c4b2075fab9820145e95b728cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dzflack/exploits/blob/master/unix/monit_xss.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HZQDHRSKTEX5MSYXNCGFTUSFGANBARHX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L475QJMFFI2QV5QEHAKKPVX6QX6ECUL6/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/1a8295eab6815072a18019b668fe084945b751f3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/328f60773057641c4b2075fab9820145e95b728cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dzflack/exploits/blob/master/unix/monit_xss.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HZQDHRSKTEX5MSYXNCGFTUSFGANBARHX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L475QJMFFI2QV5QEHAKKPVX6QX6ECUL6/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.