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

CVE-2019-17116

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

A stored and reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WiKID 2FA Enterprise Server through 4.2.0-b2047 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via /WiKIDAdmin/groups.jsp. The groupName parameter is vulnerable: the reflected cross-site scripting occurs immediately after the group is created. The malicious script is stored and will be executed again whenever /WiKIDAdmin/groups.jsp is visited.

  • 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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