CVE-2025-59978 (GCVE-0-2025-59978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-09 16:02 – Updated: 2025-10-10 03:55
VLAI?
Summary
An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos Space allows an attacker to store script tags directly in web pages that, when viewed by another user, enable the attacker to execute commands with the target's administrative permissions. This issue affects all versions of Junos Space before 24.1R4.
Severity ?
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/R:U/RE:M
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Juniper Networks Junos Space Affected: 0 , < 24.1R4 (semver)
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Credits
Juniper SIRT would like to acknowledge and thank Arnoldas Radisauskas and Jorge Escabias from NATO Cyber Security Center for responsibly reporting this vulnerability.
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