Netgear Nighthawk X10-R900 up to 1.0.4.23 Hostname Stored cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear Nighthawk X10-R900 up to 1.0.4.23. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument Hostname as part of DHCP Request results in cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-12513. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear Nighthawk X10-R900 up to 1.0.4.23. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument hostname as part of a DHCP Request leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

In NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R900 prior to 1.0.4.24, by sending a DHCP discover request containing a malicious hostname field, an attacker may execute stored XSS attacks against this device. When the malicious DHCP request is received, the device will generate a log entry containing the malicious hostname. This log entry may then be viewed at Advanced settings->Administration->Logs to trigger the exploit. Although this value is inserted into a textarea tag, converted to all-caps, and limited in length, attacks are still possible.

The weakness was published 02/24/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12513 since 06/01/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.4.24 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-150449, VDB-150448 and VDB-150447. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• Netgear

Name

• Nighthawk X10-R900

Version

• 1.0.4.0
• 1.0.4.1
• 1.0.4.2
• 1.0.4.3
• 1.0.4.4
• 1.0.4.5
• 1.0.4.6
• 1.0.4.7
• 1.0.4.8
• 1.0.4.9
• 1.0.4.10
• 1.0.4.11
• 1.0.4.12
• 1.0.4.13
• 1.0.4.14
• 1.0.4.15
• 1.0.4.16
• 1.0.4.17
• 1.0.4.18
• 1.0.4.19
• 1.0.4.20
• 1.0.4.21
• 1.0.4.22
• 1.0.4.23

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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