Vigil@nce - OpenVAS: Cross Site Scripting of get_aggregate
July 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting in get_aggregate of
OpenVAS, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web
site.
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 02/05/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The OpenVAS product offers a web service.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting in
get_aggregate of OpenVAS, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenVAS-Cross-Site-Scripting-of-get-aggregate-19495