Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting pcp-system-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PCPSYSTEMTOOLS-2014397
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 May 2020

Introduced: 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-7656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 pcp-system-tools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcp-system-tools package and not the pcp-system-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1