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

CVE-2009-1583

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TemaTres 1.0.3 and 1.031 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search form; (2) _expresion_de_busqueda, (3) letra, (4) estado_id, and (5) tema parameters to index.php; the (6) PATH_INFO to index.php; (7) unspecified parameters when editing a term as specified by the edit_id and tema parameters to index.php; and the (7) y, (8) ord, and (9) m parameters to sobre.php.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • 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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