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GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h

HighCVSS 7.1 / 10
Published Jan 23, 2024·Last modified Feb 15, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.10 or 2.1.2 are potentially impacted.

Due to inadequate input sanitization, any user-editable fields that support Markdown rendering, including:

  • Circuit.comments
  • Cluster.comments
  • CustomField.description
  • Device.comments
  • DeviceRedundancyGroup.comments
  • DeviceType.comments
  • Job.description
  • JobLogEntry.message
  • Location.comments
  • Note.note
  • PowerFeed.comments
  • Provider.noc_contact
  • Provider.admin_contact
  • Provider.comments
  • ProviderNetwork.comments
  • Rack.comments
  • Tenant.comments
  • VirtualMachine.comments
  • Contents of any custom fields of type markdown
  • Job class description attributes
  • The SUPPORT_MESSAGE system configuration setting

are potentially susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via maliciously crafted data.

Patches

Fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.10 and 2.1.2.

References

https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5133 https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5134

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.5

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.43%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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