XSS in Mmonit Monit
CVE-2019-11454
Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in http/cervlet.c in Tildeslash Monit before 5.25.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to introduce arbitrary JavaScript via manipulation of an unsanitized user field of the Authorization header for HTTP Basic Authentication, which is mishandled during an _viewlog operation.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mmonit Monit
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.10, 19.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/328f60773057641c4b2075fab9820145e95b728c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/1a8295eab6815072a18019b668fe084945b751f3 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/dzflack/exploits/blob/master/unix/monit_xss.py (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00028.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00018.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11454?
- CVE-2019-11454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mmonit Monit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-22.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11454?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.