CVE-2017-18635

Aliases:GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xx
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 25 Sept 2019, 22:59
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 21:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
6.49% LOW
6% probability -0.76%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Sept 2019, 22:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 21:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 6.49%• Percentile: 91%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • novnc•novnc

    < 0.6.2

  • @novnc•novnc

    < 0.6.2

  • redhat•openstack

    13

References (16)