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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2016-2980

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

The Sametime WebPlayer 8.5.2 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a script injection where a malicious site can inject their own script by exploiting a vulnerability in the way that the WebPlayer works. IBM X-Force ID: 113993.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
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CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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