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 IP parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the iptools.cgi endpoint with script payloads in the IP parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers.
Smoothwall Express 3.1 'iptools.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-iptoolscgi-cross-site-scripting
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-vxq8-hcg5-56j6
Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxq8-hcg5-56j6Smoothwall 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 IP parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the iptools.cgi endpoint with script payloads in the IP parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25392
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-iptoolscgi-cross-site-scripting
http://www.smoothwall.org
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxq8-hcg5-56j6
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2019-25392Click to expand
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