Juniper Junos OS Vulnerability (JSA100098)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 269213

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JSA100098 advisory.

- An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the web server of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to reach the Juniper Web Device Manager (J-Web). When Juniper Secure connect (JSC) is enabled on specific interfaces, or multiple interfaces are configured for J-Web, the J-Web UI is reachable over more than the intended interfaces. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 21.4R3-S9, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S5, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2.
(CVE-2025-6549)

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

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA100098

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d8f02a61

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 269213

File Name: juniper_jsa100098.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6549

JSA: JSA100098