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

CVE-2012-3836

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Baby Gekko before 1.2.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) groupname parameter in a savecategory in the users module; (2) virtual_filename, (3) branch, (4) contact_person, (5) street, (6) city, (7) province, (8) postal, (9) country, (10) tollfree, (11) phone, (12) fax, or (13) mobile parameter in a saveitem action in the contacts module; (14) title parameter in a savecategory action in the menus module; (15) firstname or (16) lastname in a saveitem action in the users module; (17) meta_key or (18) meta_description in a saveitem action in the blog module; or (19) the PATH_INFO to admin/index.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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