High

LibreNMS uses Improper Sanitization on Service template name leads to Stored XSS

  • Disclosed: 22.04.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

There is improper sanitization on Service template name which is reflecting in delete button onclick event. This value can be modified and crafted as any other javascript code.

Vulnerable Code

https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/a61c11db7e8ef6a437ab55741658be2be7d14d34/app/Http/Controllers/ServiceTemplateController.php#L67C23-L67C23

Above is vulnerable code line which needs to be properly sanitized

PoC

  1. Go to /services/templates
  2. Enter name as testing', '14', 'http://172.105.62.194:8000/services/templates/14');alert(1);//
  3. Submit it and try to delete it, you will see popup

If you inspect element on delete button, you will notice this:- <img width="748" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-23 at 9 30 24 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/285260018-7672a93d-e29b-4444-8057-e6ffcb8dabfc.png">

Impact

Cross site scripting can lead to cookie stealing or an attacker can execute any other feature using this feature.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package librenms/librenms < 24.4.0 24.4.0

References

CVSS score 7.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
librenms/librenms
Disclosed
22.04.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-72m9-7c8x-pmmw - 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 uses Improper Sanitization on Service template name leads to Stored XSS this entry
    High · 7.1 CVE-2024-32479 < 24.4.0 24.4.0
  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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