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TI-2017-11066 Aliases CVE-2017-15092GHSA-5v6v-h944-2g93

Cross-site scripting in PowerDNS Recursor

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A cross-site scripting issue has been found in the web interface of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6, where the qname of DNS queries was displayed without any escaping, allowing a remote attacker to inject HTML and Javascript code into the web interface, altering the content.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02275 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PowerDNSPowerDNS Recursorfrom 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6—No fix listedCNA
  • PowerDNS Recursor VendorPowerDNS Affected from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 – 4.0.6VulnerablePowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 – 4.0.6 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15092
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v6v-h944-2g93

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-01678 The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-12065 Out-of-bounds read in [UNKNOWN] pdns-recursor CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-11091 NULL pointer dereference in PowerDNS pdns-recursor CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-07065 PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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