CVE-2024-8457 PLANET Technology switch devices - Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the User Management

What is CVE-2024-8457?

CVE-2024-8457 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0, published on 30 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have a web application that does not properly validate specific parameters, allowing remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to inject arbitrary JavaScript, leading to Stored XSS attack.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8457?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Planet Gs-4210-24p2s Firmware, Planet Gs-4210-24pl4c Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8457 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-2024-8457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0

• CVE-2024-8456 PLANET Technology switch devices - Missing Authentication for multiple HTTP routes Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-8448 PLANET Technology switch devices - Remote privilege escalation using hard-coded credentials High 8.8
• CVE-2024-8458 PLANET Technology switch devices - Cross-site Request Forgery High 8.8
• CVE-2024-8450 PLANET Technology switch devices - Hard-coded SNMPv1 read-write community string High 8.6
• CVE-2024-8455 PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords High 8.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-w7p9-rrc4-fpj6.