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Reflected XSS

Low
nilmerg published GHSA-5cjw-fwjc-8j38 Mar 26, 2025

Package

icingaweb2 (Icinga)

Affected versions

<=2.12.2

Patched versions

2.11.5,2.12.3

Description

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a request that, once transmitted to a victim's Icinga Web, allows to embed arbitrary Javascript into it and to act on behalf of that user.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in versions 2.11.5 and 2.12.3 of Icinga Web 2.

Workarounds

If you have Icinga Web 2.12.2, enable CSP in the application settings.
Any modern browser with a working CORS implementation also sufficiently guards against it.

Severity

Low

CVE ID

CVE-2025-27609

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as <, >, and & that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Learn more on MITRE.

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