Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU99580

Cross-site scripting in Consul Enterprise and Consul - CVE-2024-10086

Published: November 1, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99580

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10086

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 the application does not explicitly set set Content-Type HTTP header. 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

Consul Enterprise
Consul

How to mitigate CVE-2024-10086

Install updates from vendor's website.

Consul Enterprise - update to 1.20.0
Consul - update to 1.20.0

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