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

CVE-2019-12774

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

A number of stored XSS vulnerabilities have been identified in the web configuration feature in ENTTEC Datagate Mk2 70044_update_05032019-482 that could allow an unauthenticated threat actor to inject malicious code directly into the application. This affects, for example, the Profile Description field in JSON data to the Profile Editor.

  • LOW
  • 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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