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

CVE-2016-15010

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in University of Cambridge django-ucamlookup prior to 1.9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lookup Handler. The manipulation leads to cross-site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217441 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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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