CVE-2017-18635: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0754
- bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1656435
- github.com/ShielderSec/cve-2017-18635
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xx
- github.com/novnc/noVNC/commit/6048299a138e078aed210f163111698c8c526a13
- github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues/748
- github.com/novnc/noVNC/releases/tag/v0.6.2
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00004.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00024.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18635
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NOVNCNOVNC-469136
- usn.ubuntu.com/4522-1/
- www.npmjs.com/advisories/1204
- www.shielder.it/blog/exploiting-an-old-novnc-xss-cve-2017-18635-in-openstack/
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