Vigil@nce - Ganglia Web: Cross Site Scripting via the metrics API
March 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via an API of
Ganglia Web, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
– Impacted products: Ganglia.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 19/01/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Ganglia product offers a web interface.
However, it does not filter received data via API before inserting
them in generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting via an
API of Ganglia Web, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Ganglia-Web-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-the-metrics-API-21633