CVE-2013-5218

Hotbox Router Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

2.9

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the HOT HOTBOX router with software 2.1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted DHCP Host Name option, which is not properly handled during rendering of the DHCP table in wlanAccess.asp.

Affected vendor

Hot

Affected product

Hotbox Router Firmware

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2013-12-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-5218.
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