Medium

LibreNMS has a stored XSS in ExamplePlugin with Device's Notes

  • Disclosed: 15.11.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

The application fail to sanitising inputs properly and rendering the code from user input to browser which allow an attacker to execute malicious javascript code.

Details

User with Admin role can add Notes to a device, the application did not properly sanitize the user input, when the ExamplePlugin enable, if java script code is inside the device's Notes, its will be trigger.

PoC

  1. As an admin user, enable the ExamplePlugin.

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  1. Add the payload <img src="x" onerror="alert(document.cookie)"> into the device Notes

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  1. Once visit the Overview of the Device, a pop-up will show up.

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Impact

It could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of other users' sessions. Impacted users could have their accounts compromised, enabling the attacker to perform unauthorized actions on their behalf.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package librenms/librenms < 24.10.0 24.10.0

References

CVSS score 6.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
librenms/librenms
Disclosed
15.11.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c86q-rj37-8f85 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: librenms/librenms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (106) in the archive
Total entries
106
First → latest
10.2019 08.2026
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 5
  • High 39
  • Medium 56
  • Low 6

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 6
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 7
  4. 2022: 26
  5. 2023: 12
  6. 2024: 24
  7. 2025: 15
  8. 2026: 16
Severity:
  1. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-84192 < 26.5.0 26.5.0
  2. High · 7.1 CVE-2020-36947 <= 1.46 no fix
  3. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-51092 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  4. LibreNMS has a stored XSS in ExamplePlugin with Device's Notes this entry
    Medium · 6.8 CVE-2024-49758 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  5. High · 7.8 CVE-2023-5591 < 23.10.0 23.10.0
  6. High · 8.4 CVE-2023-5060 < 23.9.1 23.9.1
  7. High · 7.6 CVE-2023-4347 < 23.8.0 23.8.0
  8. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-3525 < 22.10.0 22.10.0
  9. High · 7.6 CVE-2022-4068 < 22.10.0 22.10.0
  10. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-4070 < 22.10.0 22.10.0
  11. High CVE-2022-29712 < 22.4.0 22.4.0
  12. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-10665 <= 1.47 no fix
  13. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-20434 = 1.46 no fix
  14. High · 8.8 CVE-2018-20678 < 1.65 1.65
  15. High · 7.1 CVE-2022-0580 < 22.2.0 22.2.0
  16. High · 7.1 CVE-2022-0587 < 22.2.0 22.2.0
  17. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-44278 <= 21.11.0 no fix
  18. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-15877 < 1.65.1 1.65.1
  19. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-35700 < 21.1.0 21.1.0
  20. High · 8.8 CVE-2019-10671 < 1.50.1 1.50.1
  21. High · 8.1 CVE-2019-12465 < 1.53 1.53
  22. High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12464 < 1.53 1.53
  23. High · 8.8 CVE-2019-12463 >= 1.50.1, < 1.53 1.53

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