OpenNMS Horizon/Meridian cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenNMS Horizon and Meridian. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53121. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenNMS Horizon and Meridian (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stored XSS were found on different nodes with unsanitized parameters in OpenMNS Horizon 33.0.8 and versions earlier than 33.1.6 on multiple platforms that allow an attacker to store on database and then inject HTML and/or Javascript on the page. The solution is to upgrade to Horizon 33.1.6, 33.1.7 or Meridian 2024.2.6, 2024.2.7 or newer. Meridian and Horizon installation instructions state that they are intended for installation within an organization's private networks and should not be directly accessible from the Internet. OpenNMS thanks Fábio Tomé for reporting this issue.

The weakness was released by Fábio Tomé. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53121 since 06/26/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19231). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Researcher: Fábio Tomé
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53121 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53121
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314026
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2025 21:58
Updated: 06/30/2025 23:00
Changes: 06/26/2025 21:58 (66), 06/27/2025 02:22 (1), 06/30/2025 23:00 (1)
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