CVE-2018-25090 — An unauthenticated remote attacker can use an XSS attack due to improper neutral

An unauthenticated remote attacker can use an XSS attack due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. User interaction is required. This leads to a limited impact of confidentiality and integrity but no impact of availability.

01What is this vulnerability?

An unauthenticated remote attacker can use an XSS attack due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. User interaction is required. This leads to a limited impact of confidentiality and integrity but no impact of availability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
WAGO	Controller BACnet/IP	0
WAGO	Controller BACnet MS/TP	0
WAGO	Ethernet Controller 3rd Generation	0
WAGO	Ethernet Controller 3rd Generation	0
WAGO	Fieldbus Coupler Ethernet 3rd Generation	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-03-13T08:32:17.180Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T15:22:05.933Z

09References

• cert.vde.com — https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-039/