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Werk #17059: Escape user input on load failure of visuals

Component User interface
Title Escape user input on load failure of visuals
Date Jun 26, 2024
Level Trivial Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.4.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.3.0p8 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.2.0p28 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.1.0p45 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

An attacker could create phishing links that take Checkmk users to their Checkmk installation and lure them into a malicious link if a visual (view/dashboard/report) did not exist.

Affected Versions:

LI: 2.3.0 LI: 2.2.0 LI: 2.1.0 LI: 2.0.0 (EOL)

Vulnerability Management:

We have rated the issue with a CVSS Score of <4.3 (Medium)> with the following CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N and assigned CVE CVE-2024-38857.

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