What is CVE-2019-14456?

CVE-2019-14456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opengear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-14456?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Opengear

CVE-2019-14456

Opengear console server firmware releases prior to 4.5.0 have a stored XSS vulnerability related to serial port logging. If a malicious user of an external system (connected to a serial port on an Opengear console server) sends crafted text to a serial port (that has logging enabled), the text will be replayed when the logs are viewed. Exploiting this vulnerability requires access to the serial port and/or console server.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (48.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Opengear
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14456?: CVE-2019-14456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opengear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-14456?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.