Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting check-mk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHECKMK-340298
  • published11 Dec 2017
  • disclosed11 Dec 2017

Introduced: 11 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-11507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 check-mk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream check-mk package and not the check-mk package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK versions 1.2.8x prior to 1.2.8p25 and 1.4.0x prior to 1.4.0p9, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the output_format parameter, and the username parameter of failed HTTP basic authentication attempts, which is returned unencoded in an internal server error page.