CVE-2020-29496 Cross-site scripting in Wyse Management Suite
A remote authenticated attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Dell Wyse Management Suite, leading to code execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-29496?
CVE-2020-29496 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 4 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Dell Wyse Management Suite versions prior to 3.1 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could exploit this vulnerability to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code while creating the Enduser. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-29496?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Wyse Management Suite.
How do I fix CVE-2020-29496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-29496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2020-29496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Wyse Management Suite
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc8f-9595-gg78.