CVE-2022-22229 Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds): Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web administration
A stored XSS vulnerability in Juniper Paragon Active Assurance allows high-privilege attackers to execute scripts and escalate privileges to superuser level.
- 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-2022-22229?
CVE-2022-22229 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds), published on 18 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability, a stored XSS (or persistent), in the Control Center Controller web pages of Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds) allows a high-privilege attacker with 'WRITE' permissions to store one or more malicious scripts that will infect any other authorized user's account when they accidentally trigger the malicious script(s) while managing the device. Triggering these attacks enables the attacker to execute commands with the permissions up to that of the superuser account. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds) All versions prior to 3.1.1; 3.2 versions prior to 3.2.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Paragon Active Assurance Control Center.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22229 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-2022-22229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance (Formerly Netrounds)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8xr-vrcj-c52v.