Security Advisory - Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) Vulnerability in Huawei WS318n Product
- SA No:huawei-sa-20211229-01-xss
- Initial Release Date: 2021-12-29
- Last Release Date: 2021-12-29
There is a Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) vulnerability in HUAWEI WS318n product when processing network settings. Due to insufficient validation of user input, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting special characters. Successful exploit could cause certain information disclosure. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2021-57405)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-40041.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20211229-01-xss-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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WS318n-21 |
10.0.2.2 |
10.0.2.6(SP2) |
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10.0.2.5 |
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10.0.2.6 |
Successful exploit could cause certain information disclosure.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 2.4 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Temporal Score: 2.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
Attackers can log in to the system with high permissions.
Vulnerability details:
There is a Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) vulnerability in HUAWEI WS318n product when processing network settings. Due to insufficient validation of user input, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting special characters. Successful exploit could cause certain information disclosure.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was discovered by external security researcher.
2021-12-29 V1.0 INITIAL
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