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CVE-2017-15092

N/A

Published: January 23, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorRecursor

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

A cross-site scripting issue has been found in the web interface of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6, where the qname of DNS queries was displayed without any escaping, allowing a remote attacker to inject HTML and Javascript code into the web interface, altering the content.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Recursor · Powerdns

95%

4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-05.html

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-05.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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