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

CVE-2015-10079

Low
3.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in juju2143 WalrusIRC 0.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function parseLinks of the file public/parser.js. The manipulation of the argument text leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 0.0.3 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 45fd885895ae13e8d9b3a71e89d59768914f60af. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220751.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • 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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