Medium severity · published Nov 6, 2018
CVE-2018-17184
A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and…
5.4
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and Policy descriptions. When another user with enough administration entitlements edits one of the Entities above via Admin Console, the injected JavaScript code is executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Syncope · Apache
2.0.0 before 2.0.11; 2.1.0 before 2.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17184
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17184
Vendor Advisory
https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17184:_Stored_XSS
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