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

CVE-2018-25101

Low
3.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in l2c2technologies Koha up to 20180108. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl. The manipulation of the argument biblionumber with the input 2"><TEST> leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The identifier of the patch is 950fc8e101886821879066b33e389a47fb0a9782. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-261677 was assigned to this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • 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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