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

CVE-2012-5553

Low
2.1/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the OM Maximenu module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.44 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.44 for Drupal allow remote authenticated users with the "administer OM Maximenu" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Menu Title (2) Link Title, (3) Path Query, (4) Anchor, or (5) vocabulary names.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published