XSS in Juniper Paragon Active Assurance Control Center

CVE-2022-22229

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability, a stored XSS (or persistent), in the Control Center Controller web pages of Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds) allows a high-privilege attacker with 'WRITE' permissions to store one or more malicious scripts that will infect any other authorized user's account when they accidentally trigger the malicious script(s) while managing the device. Triggering these attacks enables the attacker to execute commands with the permissions up to that of the superuser account. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds) All versions prior to 3.1.1; 3.2 versions prior to 3.2.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22229?
CVE-2022-22229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Paragon Active Assurance Control Center, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-22229?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.