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

CVE-2017-15312

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

Huawei SmartCare V200R003C10 has a stored XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability in the dashboard module. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts in the affected device.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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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