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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2024-22876

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

StrangeBee TheHive 5.1.0 to 5.1.9 and 5.2.0 to 5.2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the case attachment functionality which enables an attacker to upload a malicious HTML file with Javascript code that will be executed in the context of the The Hive application using a specific URL. The vulnerability can be used to coerce a victim account to perform specific actions on the application as helping an analyst becoming administrator.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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Advisory Timeline

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