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 manipulating the MACHINES parameter. Attackers can craft requests to the timedaccess.cgi endpoint with script payloads in the MACHINES parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.
Smoothwall Express 3.1 'timedaccess.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-timedaccesscgi-cross-site-scrip
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-gp3j-92m4-wfm7
Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp3j-92m4-wfm7Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the MACHINES parameter. Attackers can craft requests to the timedaccess.cgi endpoint with script payloads in the MACHINES parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25389
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-timedaccesscgi-cross-site-scrip
http://www.smoothwall.org
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp3j-92m4-wfm7
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2019-25389Click to expand
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