#VU14603 Reflected cross-site scripting in Opsview Monitor - CVE-2018-16148
Published: September 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14603
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16148
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Opsview Monitor
Opsview Monitor
Software vendor:
Opsview
Opsview
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the 'diagnosticsb2ksy' parameter of the '/rest' endpoint due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.
Remediation
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 5.3.1, 5.4.2, 6.0.