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

CVE-2019-16926

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Flower has Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) versions prior to 1.1.0 via a crafted worker name. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren't user-facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and the person having the right to change them already has full access.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published