CVE-2022-22242
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v2025.03.14There is a 87.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the J-Web component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to run malicious scripts reflected off of J-Web to the victim's browser in the context of their session within J-Web. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS all versions prior to 19.1R3-S9; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S7; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S5; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S1; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.
Available Exploits
Juniper Web Device Manager - Cross-Site Scripting
Juniper Web Device Manager (J-Web) in Junos OS contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This can allow an unauthenticated attacker to run malicious scripts reflected off J-Web to the victim's browser in the context of their session within J-Web, which can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. This issue affects all versions prior to 19.1R3-S9; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S7; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S5; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S1; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.
References:
- https://octagon.net/blog/2022/10/28/juniper-sslvpn-junos-rce-and-multiple-vulnerabilities/
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2022-10-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-vulnerabilities-in-J-Web?language=en_US
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA69899
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22242
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 18, 2022, Modified: October 18, 2022