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

CVE-2019-17522

Medium
4.8/10

Summary

A stored XSS vulnerability was discovered in Hotaru CMS v1.7.2 via the admin_index.php?page=settings SITE NAME field (aka SITE_NAME), a related issue to CVE-2011-4709.1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • 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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  • Published