Check_MK Internal Server Error XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105256

Synopsis

An IT monitoring application running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of Check_MK running on the remote web server is affected by a reflected cross-site (XSS) scripting vulnerability in the Internal Server Error page, due to improper encoding of error log output. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Solution

Upgrade to Check_MK version 1.2.8p25 / 1.4.0p9 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?505f8936

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105256

File Name: check_mk_ise_xss.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Published: 12/14/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:check_mk_project:check_mk

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11507