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Junos OS: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in J-Web (JSA10986)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133051

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in J-Web due to insufficient XSS protection. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via injecting web script or HTML to hijack the target user's J-Web session and perform administrative actions on the on the Junos device as the targeted user.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release or workaround referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10986.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?15e6942c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133051

File Name: juniper_jsa10986.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Published: 1/17/2020

Updated: 3/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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-2020-1607

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:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1607

IAVA: 2020-A-0012-S

JSA: JSA10986