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

CVE-2017-14850

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

All known versions of the Orpak SiteOmat web management console is vulnerable to multiple instances of Stored Cross-site Scripting due to improper external user-input validation. An attacker with access to the web interface is able to hijack sessions or navigate victims outside of SiteOmat, to a malicious server owned by him.

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  • NETWORK
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  • 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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