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

CVE-2018-11430

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Moderator Log Notes plugin 1.1 for MyBB. It allows moderators to save notes and display them in a list in the modCP. The XSS is located in the mod notes textarea.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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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Advisory Timeline

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