IPFire up to 2.21 POST Request fwhosts.cgi cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in IPFire up to 2.21. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file fwhosts.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument HOSTNAME/IP/SUBNET/NETREMARK/HOSTREMARK/newhost/grp_name/remark/SRV_NAME/SRV_PORT/SRVgrp_name/SRVGRP_REMARK/updatesrvgrp leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-25400. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IPFire up to 2.21. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file fwhosts.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument HOSTNAME/IP/SUBNET/NETREMARK/HOSTREMARK/newhost/grp_name/remark/SRV_NAME/SRV_PORT/SRVgrp_name/SRVGRP_REMARK/updatesrvgrp with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IPFire 2.21 Core Update 127 contains multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the fwhosts.cgi script that allow attackers to inject malicious scripts through multiple parameters including HOSTNAME, IP, SUBNET, NETREMARK, HOSTREMARK, newhost, grp_name, remark, SRV_NAME, SRV_PORT, SRVGRP_NAME, SRVGRP_REMARK, and updatesrvgrp. Attackers can submit POST requests with script payloads in these parameters to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of authenticated users' browsers.

The weakness was published by Ozer Goker as 46344. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25400 since 02/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available 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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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