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CVE detail

CVE-2024-21620

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series allows an attacker to construct a URL that when visited by another user enables the attacker to execute commands with the target's permissions, including an administrator. A specific invocation of the emit_debug_note method in webauth_operation.php will echo back the data it receives. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S10; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S8; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S6; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S5; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3-S1; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R2; * 23.4 versions earlier than 23.4R2.

CVSS 8.8 · HighBuzz score 20.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 20.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
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highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • Juniper Networks released out-of-band security updates to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting some of its routers. Juniper Networks has released out-of-band security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-2973 (CVSS score of 10.0), that could lead to an authentication bypass in some of its routers. The company discovered the vulnerability during […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJul 1, 2024, 7:53 AM
  • Juniper Networks released out-of-band updates to fix high-severity flaws in SRX Series and EX Series that can allow attackers to take over unpatched systems. Juniper Networks has released out-of-band updates to address two high-severity flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-21619 and CVE-2024-21620, in SRX Series and EX Series that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of susceptible […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJan 30, 2024, 3:08 PM
  • A high-severity flaw in the J-Web interface of Juniper’s Junos OS could lead to arbitrary command execution, remotely.

    newswww.securityweek.comJan 30, 2024, 2:13 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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