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GHSA-5gm9-622f-qcg5
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Summary
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the ShowConfig page of devices affected by the RANCID Integration settings. The application fails to properly sanitise the rancid_repo_url configuration value. When a user navigates to a device's configuration page, this unsanitised value is rendered directly within an HTML anchor (<a>) tag. This allows an authenticated user with permission to modify external settings to inject malicious JavaScript that will execute in the browser of any user viewing the affected device pages.
Details
The vulnerability is located in the external settings configuration block, specifically at the settings/external/rancid endpoint. When a valid rancid_configs is set, the application renders the corresponding rancid_repo_url as a clickable link labeled "Git Repository" on the /device/{id}/showconfig UI.
Because the rancid_repo_url input is neither validated upon saving nor contextually encoded upon rendering, an attacker can break out of the href attribute context or use JavaScript URIs to attach malicious event handlers or scripts.
This vulnerability is introduced by the line 13 of https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/master/includes/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php.
PoC
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Login as an admin and navigate to
<img width="790" height="155" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/348fff1b-dfce-4735-9273-055113695368" />/settings/external/rancid. -
Add a valid path to
rancid_configs. This can be any directory ended with.git. -
Put
<img width="909" height="276" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b8c5d650-ba05-4326-8a2d-bea8defa7373" />"></a><img/src/onerror=alert(1)><a x="intorancid_repo_urlconfig. -
Navigate to a device page and click
Config(Or visit/device/{id}/showconfigdirectly). -
The XSS is triggered when visiting the page. It will pop up an alert dialog.
<img width="810" height="454" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4d15784e-ff93-46ec-b13e-08a225a8d6d4" />
Other Payloads
javascript:alert(1)" x="- triggered by clicking the link.- ``" onmouseover="alert(1)" x="` - triggered by hovering on the link
Impact
Since an admin account is required to change the settings, the risk is minimal in systems with a single administrator. However, in environments with multiple administrative users, this constitutes an Admin-to-Admin Cross-Site Scripting attack. It could be used by a compromised admin account to execute arbitrary frontend code in the context of another administrator's session, potentially leading to session hijacking or unauthorized data exposure.
Remediation Advice
Ensure proper sanitisation is performed on affected fields, with all special characters escaped and HTML encoded. This can be done with existing frameworks like HTMLPurifier.
CVE Request
CVE References: https://projectblack.io/blog/librenms-authenticated-rce-and-xss/
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs high-level or administrative privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a low impact on the integrity of the data.
Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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