Cross-site scripting in Network Camera Series - CVE-2018-18244

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Cross-site scripting in Network Camera Series - CVE-2018-18244

Published: January 4, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16811
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18244
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Vivotek
Affected software:
Network Camera Series

Detailed vulnerability description

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. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code via an HTTP Referer Header.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-18244

Install update from vendor's website.

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