CVE-2022-26483 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via reflected XSS in the listdir.pl endpoint, potentially compromising the management interface.

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-2022-26483?

CVE-2022-26483 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM) before 7.4.2 Patch 600 and 8.x before 8.0.0 Patch 100. A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/cgi-bin/listdir.pl allows authenticated remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into an HTTP GET parameter (which reflect the user input without sanitization).

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26483?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26483?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26483 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-2022-26483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5qmc-pjcc-q3m7.

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