CVE-2023-26788: veritas netbackup_appliance Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-26788 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in veritas netbackup_appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-04-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Veritas Appliance v4.1.0.1 is affected by Host Header Injection attacks. HTTP host header can be manipulated and cause the application to behave in unexpected ways. Any changes made to the header would just cause the request to be sent to a completely different Domain/IP address.

• CWE-79Improper 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.