Juniper Junos J-Web Persistent XSS (JSA10619)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73493

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a failure to sanitize user-supplied input to the J-Web interface. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the end-user's browser.

Note that this issue only affects devices with J-Web enabled.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release or workaround referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10619.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10619

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73493

File Name: juniper_jsa10619.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Published: 4/14/2014

Updated: 7/12/2018

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version, Host/Juniper/JUNOS/BuildDate

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2711

BID: 66770

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

JSA: JSA10619