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

CVE-2012-1621

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Open For Business Project (aka OFBiz) 10.04.x before 10.04.02 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a parameter array in freemarker templates, the (2) contentId or (3) mapKey parameter in a cms event request, which are not properly handled in an error message, or unspecified input in (4) an ajax request to the getServerError function in checkoutProcess.js or (5) a Webslinger component request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • 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