This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS version 18.0MR3 or later. An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking a user to visit a malicious website or iframe. Juniper Networks recommends that you take the following precautions to protect your system from exploitation of this issue. Restrict access to potentially vulnerable components to only trusted parties.

For example, if a web application uses J-Web, then restrict access to this component to trusted users. Restrict access to the system to only trusted users.

If a web application uses J-Web, then limit access to this component to trusted users. Mitigate the risk of XSS issue by following the best practices listed in the Mitigation section of this advisory. Juniper recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Juniper Networks Junos OS.

Mitigation of CVE-2022-22242

The following is a list of best practices that Juniper Networks recommends to mitigate the risk of CVE-2022-22242.
1) Restrict access to potentially vulnerable components to only trusted parties.
2) Limit access to the system to only trusted users in order to limit potential risk from exploitation of this issue.
3) Follow best practices listed in the Mitigation section of this advisory.

Mitigation

Juniper Networks recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Juniper Networks Junos OS. The following mitigation steps can be used to protect your system from exploitation of this issue:

- Restrict access to potentially vulnerable components to only trusted parties
- Restrict access to the system to only trusted users
- Mitigate the risk of XSS issue by following the best practices listed in the Mitigation section of this advisory.

Affects

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS versions 18.1MR3 and later. An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking a user to visit a malicious website or iframe.

Juniper Networks recommends that you take the following precautions to protect your system from exploitation of this issue. Restrict access to potentially vulnerable components to only trusted parties.

For example, if a web application uses J-Web, then restrict access to this component to trusted users. Restrict access to the system to only trusted users.

Timeline

Published on: 10/18/2022 03:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 10/20/2022 15:09:00 UTC

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