Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2018
CVE-2018-1000163
Floodlight version 1.2 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web console that can result in javascript injections into the web page
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Floodlight version 1.2 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web console that can result in javascript injections into the web page. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim browsing the web console.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
Floodlight · Projectfloodlight
through 1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000163
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000163
Exploit
https://xiaofen9.github.io/blog/floodlight-rce/
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