CVE-2018-18478 LibreNMS XSS Vulnerability

What is CVE-2018-18478?

CVE-2018-18478 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Librenms Librenms, published on 18 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues in LibreNMS before 1.44 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dashboard_name parameter in the /ajax_form.php resource, related to html/includes/forms/add-dashboard.inc.php, html/includes/forms/delete-dashboard.inc.php, and html/includes/forms/edit-dashboard.inc.php.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18478?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including librenms/librenms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Librenms Librenms.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18478?

Upgrade librenms/librenms to 1.44 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-18478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Librenms Librenms

• CVE-2023-4982 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in librenms/librenms Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-29712 Command injection in librenms Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-44278 Path traversal in librenms/librenms Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-10665 LibreNMS Information Disclosure Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-20434 LibreNMS arbitrary OS commands execution Critical 9.8

All Librenms Librenms vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9m82-f3wx-p625.