# CVE-2013-2290: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote wireless access points can inject arbitrary scripts into the ArubaOS Administration WebUI dashboard via a crafted SSID, potentially compromising administrator sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8384-9ccv-99pr

## What is CVE-2013-2290?

CVE-2013-2290 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 28 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dashboard of the ArubaOS Administration WebUI in Aruba Networks ArubaOS 6.2.x before 6.2.0.3, 6.1.3.x before 6.1.3.7, 6.1.x-FIPS before 6.1.4.3-FIPS, and 6.1.x-AirGroup before 6.1.3.6-AirGroup, as used by Mobility Controller, allows remote wireless access points to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted SSID.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-2290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2290 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 28 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.