What is CVE-2019-5401?

CVE-2019-5401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP 2910-48g Al Switch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-5401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in HP 2910-48g Al Switch

CVE-2019-5401

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP2910al-48G version W.15.14.0016. The attack exploits an xss injection by setting the attack vector in one of the switch persistent configuration fields (management URL, location, contact). But admin privileges are required to configure these fields thereby reducing the likelihood of exploit. HPE Aruba has provided firmware updates to resolve the vulnerability in HP 2910-48G al Switch. Please update to W.15.14.0017.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hp 2910-48g Al Switch — versions W.15.14.0016
Hp Hp2910al-48g
Hp Hp2910al-48g_firmware — versions w.15.14.00.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-alert@hpe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5401?: CVE-2019-5401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP 2910-48g Al Switch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-5401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.