Product Affected

This issue affects all versions of Junos OS.
High
8.0 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Problem

A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the captive portal graphical user interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a remote authenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data and credentials from a web administration session, possibly tricking a follow-on administrative user to perform administrative actions on the device.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS:

  • All versions, including the following supported releases:
    • 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D105;
    • 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D220;
    • 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5;
    • 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9;
    • 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7;
    • 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S3;
    • 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S4;
    • 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S6;
    • 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3;
    • 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2;
    • 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2;
    • 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2;
    • 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2.


A sample configuration for Captive Portal is shown below:

[system services web-management http]
[set system services web-management https]
[services captive-portal secure-authentication https]


Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

This issue was discovered during external security research.

This issue has been assigned  CVE-2021-31355 .
 

Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 12.3X48-D105, 15.1X49-D220, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R3-S4, 19.4R3-S6, 20.1R3, 20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2, 20.3R2, 20.4R2, 21.1R2, 21.2R1 and all subsequent releases.

Additionally, after performing an upgrade to a resolved release, additional steps must be taken to ensure that all stored malicious scripts are removed from the configuration.

This issue is being tracked as  1449280 .
 

Software releases or updates are available for download at https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/
 

Workaround

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

 

Severity Assessment

Information for how Juniper Networks uses CVSS can be found at KB 16446 [juniper.net] "Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Juniper's Security Advisories."

Modification History

2021-10-13: Initial Publication.

Related Information

Acknowledgements

Juniper SIRT would like to acknowledge and thank Fans0n Fan for responsibly reporting this vulnerability.