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

CVE-2019-1010113

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Premium Software CLEditor 1.4.5 and earlier is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: An attacker might be able to inject arbitrary html and script code into the web site. The component is: jQuery plug-in. The attack vector is: the victim must open a crafted href attribute of a link (A) element.

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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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