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

CVE-2009-2133

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pivot 1.40.4 and 1.40.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) menu or (2) sort parameter to pivot/index.php, (3) the value of a check array parameter in a delete action to pivot/index.php, (4) the element name in a check array parameter in a delete action to pivot/index.php, (5) the edituser parameter in an edituser action to pivot/index.php, (6) the edit parameter in a templates action to pivot/index.php, (7) the blog parameter in a blog_edit1 action to pivot/index.php, (8) the cat parameter in a cat_edit action to pivot/index.php, (9) a certain form field in a doaction=1 request to pivot/index.php, (10) the url field in a my_weblog edit_prefs action to pivot/user.php, or (11) the username (aka name) field in a my_weblog reg_user action to pivot/user.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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  • Published