SB2020010704 - Cross-site scripting in Jinan USR IOT USR-WIFI232-S/T/G2/H
Published: January 7, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18842)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the configuration web interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks, leak credentials of the Wi-Fi access point the module is logged into and the web interface login credentials by opening a Wi-Fi access point nearby with a malicious SSID.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.