IPFire up to 2.21 extrahd.cgi FS/PATH/UUID cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IPFire up to 2.21 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file extrahd.cgi. Executing a manipulation of the argument FS/PATH/UUID can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25399. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in IPFire up to 2.21. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file extrahd.cgi. The manipulation of the argument FS/PATH/UUID 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:

IPFire 2.21 Core Update 127 contains multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the extrahd.cgi script that allow attackers to inject malicious scripts through the FS, PATH, and UUID parameters. Attackers can submit POST requests with script payloads in these parameters to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of authenticated administrator sessions.

The weakness was shared by Ozer Goker as 46344. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-25399 since 02/18/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46344). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• IPFire

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21

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