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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Juniper Paragon Active Assurance Control Center — versions 3.2.0
- Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds) — versions unspecified, 3.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- kb.juniper.net/JSA69883 (Vendor Advisory)
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.