Cross-site scripting in Junos OS - CVE-2020-1607
Published: January 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1607
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 J-Web. 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.
Affected software
Junos OS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1607
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90, 12.3R12-S15, 14.1X53-D51, 15.1F6-S13, 15.1x49-D181, 15.1x49-D190, 15.1X53-D238, 15.1X53-D592, 15.1R7-S5, 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S5, 16.2R2-S10, 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1, 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S2, 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S5, 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S7, 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3, 18.3R1-S6, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2, 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2