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

CVE-2019-10646

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Wolf CMS v0.8.3.1 is affected by cross site scripting (XSS) in the module Add Snippet (/?/admin/snippet/add). This allows an attacker to insert arbitrary JavaScript as user input, which will be executed whenever the affected snippet is loaded.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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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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