Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system_name_set.cgi in TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0.0 allows authenticated remote attackers to submit a

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• tp-link tl-sg108e firmware1.0.0

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-8075On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, a remote attacker could retrieve credentials from "Switch Info" log lines where passwords are in cleartext.
  40Plan
• CVE-2017-8074On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, a remote attacker could retrieve credentials from "SEND data" log lines where passwords are encoded in hexadec
  40Plan
• CVE-2017-8076On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, admin network communications are RC4 encoded, even though RC4 is deprecated.
  39Monitor
• CVE-2017-8077On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, there is a hard-coded ciphering key (a long string beginning with Ei2HNryt).
  30Monitor
• CVE-2017-17746Weak access control methods on the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0.0 allow any user on a NAT network with an authenticated administrator to access the
  28Monitor
• CVE-2017-17747Weak access controls in the Device Logout functionality on the TP-Link TL-SG108E v1.0.0 allow remote attackers to call the logout functional
  26Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

1commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.