CVE-2017-18635

novnc: XSS vulnerability via the messages propagated to the status field

Published Sep 25, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 4.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1946-1 novnc security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2854-1 novnc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0588 An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xx Cross-Site Scripting in @novnc/novnc
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4522-1 noVNC vulnerability
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:28 PM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 25, 2019, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:13 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 12, 2019, 12:00 AM