CVE-2014-5408 (GCVE-0-2014-5408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-05 11:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:50
VLAI
Title
Nordex NC2 Cross-site Scripting
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the login script in the Wind Farm Portal on Nordex Control 2 (NC2) SCADA devices 15 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Nordex Nordex Control 2 (NC2) SCADA Affected: 0 , ≤ 15 (custom)
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Date Public
2014-10-30 06:00
Credits
Darius Freamon
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