CVE-2016-4923 describes an insufficient cross-site scripting (XSS) protection vulnerability in the J-Web component of Juniper Networks Junos OS. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject web scripts or HTML, potentially stealing sensitive data and credentials from a J-Web session and performing administrative actions on the Junos device. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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