CVE-2018-17021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appGet.cgi hook parameter.

Published: 2018-09-13

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:gt-ac5300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:gt-ac5300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8805	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appGet.cgi hook parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01095.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/ac5300_xss/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20XSS.MD

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Asus Gt-ac5300 Gt-ac5300 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-09-13T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:31:40.252Z

Reserved: 2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17021

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-13T19:29:00.777

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:45:14.197

Link: CVE-2018-17021

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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