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CVE-2023-42765 (GCVE-0-2023-42765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-06 21:34 – Updated: 2024-08-02 19:30
VLAI
Title
Westermo Lynx Cross-site Scripting
Summary
An attacker with access to the vulnerable software could introduce arbitrary JavaScript by injecting a cross-site scripting payload into the "username" parameter in the SNMP configuration.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-21 20:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Westermo Lynx Affected: L206-F2G1
Affected: 4.24
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Date Public
2024-01-23 21:32
Credits
Aarón Flecha Menéndez, Iván Alonso Álvarez and Víctor Bello Cuevas reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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