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

CVE-2012-4485

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the galleryformatter_field_formatter_view functiuon in galleryformatter.tpl.php the Gallery formatter module before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allow remote authenticated users with permissions to create a node or entity to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) title or (2) alt parameter.

  • 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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