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Werk #6614: Fixed reflected XSS affecting agent updater AJAX calls

Component Agent bakery
Title Fixed reflected XSS affecting agent updater AJAX calls
Date Sep 14, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p5 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0p36 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When the hostname of a monitored agent is known, this could be used to exploit a reflected XSS vulnerability. Every unauthenticated or authenticated user can issue a request like this. The victim does not have to be authorized on the Check_MK application

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