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CVE-2024-56917:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Netbox Community version 4.1.7 contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that affects the maintenance banner functionality when the system is in maintenance mode. The vulnerability was disclosed and tracked as CVE-2024-56917, affecting versions from 4.1.7 up to and including 4.2.1 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), commonly known as Cross-site Scripting. According to the CISA-ADP assessment, the vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to execute malicious scripts through the maintenance banner, leading to high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact. The attack requires user interaction and could result in the exposure of sensitive information or manipulation of web content (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix for this vulnerability has been released in Netbox version 4.1.7. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version to address this security issue (Release Notes).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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