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CVE-2016-4923 — Juniper Junos security vulnerability

High CVSS 8

Insufficient cross site scripting protection in J-Web component in Juniper Networks Junos OS may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data and credentials from a J-Web session and to perform administrative actions on the Junos device. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 11.4 prior to 11.4R13-S3; 12.1X44 prior to 12.1X44-D60; 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D40; 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D30; 12.3 prior to 12.3R11; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D20; 13.2X51 prior to 13.2X51-D39, 13.2X51-D40; 13.3 prior to 13.3R9; 14.1 prior to 14.1R6; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6; 15.1 prior to 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D20; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D57.

Severity
High
CVSS
8 (3.0)
Published
2017-10-13
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Affected products

  • juniper / junos / 11.4

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Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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