OpenitcockpitApplication · It Novum

CVE-2019-10227

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-12-31
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.7.1 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
openITCOCKPIT before 3.7.1 has reflected XSS in the 404-not-found component.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

This is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 404-not-found component of openITCOCKPIT versions prior to 3.7.1. User-supplied input in the 404 error page is not properly sanitized or encoded, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the victim's browser when they trigger a 404 error.

MitigationUpgrade to openITCOCKPIT version 3.7.1 or later, which contains the patch for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, avoid clicking on untrusted links that may trigger the vulnerable 404 component.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
OpenitcockpitApplication
Affected:< 3.7.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed openITCOCKPIT version
    Access the system administration panel or check the package/version information using the command line interface provided by openITCOCKPIT. Look for a version number displayed in the software or its installation metadata.
    Affected if The version displayed is any release prior to 3.7.1 (for example, 3.7.0, 3.6.x, or earlier)
  2. Confirm 404 error page functionality is active
    Trigger a 404 error by navigating to a non-existent page or resource within the openITCOCKPIT web interface, such as accessing a URL with a random path like /it-novum-nonexistent-page-12345.
    Affected if The application returns a custom 404 error page rather than a generic server error, indicating the vulnerable 404 component is enabled
  3. Test for reflected input in 404 response
    Submit a request to a non-existent page with a specific test string in the URL (for example, /nonexistent?test=<script>alert(1)</script>) and examine whether the 404 page displays this string unescaped or without encoding.
    Affected if The test string appears in the response body exactly as submitted, without HTML encoding of special characters like < and >

A system is affected if it runs openITCOCKPIT version lower than 3.7.1 and the 404 error page reflects user-supplied input without proper sanitization or encoding.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.7.1 or later
Fixed in 3.7.1
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to openITCOCKPIT version 3.7.1 or later, which contains the patch for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, avoid clicking on untrusted links that may trigger the vulnerable 404 component.

Fix this in Openitcockpit Scoped from the published advisory
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