Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting crafted input to the ipblock.cgi endpoint. Attackers can inject script tags through the SRC_IP and COMMENT parameters in POST requests to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.
Smoothwall Express 3.1 'ipblock.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting
Problem type
Affected products
Smoothwall
3.1 - AFFECTED
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
http://www.smoothwall.org
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-ipblockcgi-cross-site-scripting
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-jw99-r2cw-rqwg
Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw99-r2cw-rqwgSmoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting crafted input to the ipblock.cgi endpoint. Attackers can inject script tags through the SRC_IP and COMMENT parameters in POST requests to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25388
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-ipblockcgi-cross-site-scripting
http://www.smoothwall.org
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw99-r2cw-rqwg
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2019-25388Click to expand
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