Cross-site scripting in Hashicorp Consul



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-10086
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Consul
Server applications / Other server solutions

Consul Enterprise
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor HashiCorp

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU99580

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10086

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the application does not explicitly set set Content-Type HTTP header. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Consul: 1.4.1 - 1.19.2

Consul Enterprise: 1.4.1 - 1.19.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-24-consul-vulnerable-to-reflected-xss-on-content-type-error-manipulation
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99wr-c2px-grmh


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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