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CVE-2016-85271 exploit

Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS).

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
13.2%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is present in the VisualRF component of AirWave. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker who can trick a logged-in AirWave administrative user into clicking a link could obtain sensitive information, such as session cookies or passwords. The vulnerability requires that an administrative users click on the malicious link while currently logged into AirWave in the same browser.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

13.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-41482 Aruba AirWave 8.2.3 - XML External Entity Injection / Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2017-03-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/96495 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • arubanetworks.com /assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-001.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/41482/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

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