CVE-2024-28973 Cross-site scripting in PowerProtect DD

Medium 5.9 Published 26 Jun 2024 Updated 2 Aug 2024

A remote high-privileged attacker can inject malicious scripts into Dell PowerProtect DD, leading to information disclosure or session theft when victims access the data store.

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-2024-28973?

CVE-2024-28973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System, published on 26 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Dell PowerProtect DD, versions prior to 8.0, LTS 7.13.1.0, LTS 7.10.1.30, LTS 7.7.5.40 contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the storage of malicious HTML or JavaScript codes in a trusted application data store. When a high privileged victim user accesses the data store through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable web application. Exploitation may lead to information disclosure, session theft, or client-side request forgery

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28973?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Data Domain Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2024-28973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28973 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-2024-28973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Data Domain Operating System vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rjv4-w97f-h7vm.