CVE-2019-7417 — XSS exists in Ericsson Active Library Explorer (ALEX) 14

XSS exists in Ericsson Active Library Explorer (ALEX) 14.3 in multiple parameters in the "/cgi-bin/alexserv" servlet, as demonstrated by the DB, FN, fn, or id parameter.

01What is this vulnerability?

XSS exists in Ericsson Active Library Explorer (ALEX) 14.3 in multiple parameters in the "/cgi-bin/alexserv" servlet, as demonstrated by the DB, FN, fn, or id parameter.

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: 2019-03-17T19:41:15.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:46:46.308Z

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151583/Ericsson-Active-Library-Explorer-ALE…
• www.ericsson.com — http://www.ericsson.com
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Feb/27