CVE-2019-18842 — A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the configuration web interface of

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the configuration web interface of the Jinan USR IOT USR-WIFI232-S/T/G2/H Low Power WiFi Module with web version 1.2.2 allows attackers to leak credentials of the Wi-Fi access point the module is logged into, and the web interface log

01What is this vulnerability?

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the configuration web interface of the Jinan USR IOT USR-WIFI232-S/T/G2/H Low Power WiFi Module with web version 1.2.2 allows attackers to leak credentials of the Wi-Fi access point the module is logged into, and the web interface login credentials, by opening a Wi-Fi access point nearby with a malicious SSID.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2020-01-06T20:18:49.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:02:39.848Z

09References

• www.tildeho.me — https://www.tildeho.me/theres-javascript-in-my-power-plug/