Reflected cross-site scripting in MineMeld - CVE-2019-1578
Published: June 28, 2019 / Updated: July 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18940
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2019-1578
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
MineMeld
MineMeld
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 trick the authenticated admin to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the admin’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.
Note, the vulnerability affects Open Source Community Supported MineMeld only.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1578
Install updates from vendor's website.