CVE-2016-15049
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CVE-2016-15049 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.4/10 on the CVSS scale. Nagios Log Server versions prior to 1.4.2 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Dashboards section when rendering log entries in the Logs table. Untrusted log content was not safely encoded for the output context, allowing attacker-controlled data present in logs to execute script in the victim’s browser within the application origin.. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Nagios Log Server versions prior to 1.4.2 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Dashboards section when rendering log entries in the Logs table. Untrusted log content was not safely encoded for the output context, allowing attacker-controlled data present in logs to execute script in the victim’s browser within the application origin.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nagios | Log Server | < 1.4.2 |
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