CVE-2017-9781

A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK versions 1.4.0x prior to 1.4.0p6, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the _username parameter when attempting authentication to webapi.py, which is returned unencoded with content type text/html.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:p1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:p2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:p3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:p4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:check_mk_project:check_mk:1.4.0:p5::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-06-21 18:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-9781

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9781

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-9781

JSON object : View

Products Affected

check_mk_project

check_mk

CWE

CWE-79

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

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