CVE-2020-35170 Cross-site scripting in Unisphere for PowerMax

What is CVE-2020-35170?

CVE-2020-35170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, published on 5 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.9, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.0.2.16, and Dell EMC PowerMax OS 5978.221.221 and 5978.479.479 contain a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject javascript code and affect other authenticated users’ sessions.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35170?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Powermax Os, Dell Unisphere.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35170 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-2020-35170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax

• CVE-2021-21531 Missing authorization in Unisphere for PowerMax High 8.1
• CVE-2021-36339 Hardcoded credentials in Solutions Enabler vApp High 7.8
• CVE-2023-48660 Path traversal in vApp Manger High 7.5
• CVE-2023-48671 Information disclosure in vApp Manager High 7.5
• CVE-2023-48662 Command injection in vApp Manager High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w6hg-rmw9-vhr2.