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

CVE-2019-17551

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

In Apak Wholesale Floorplanning Finance 6.31.8.3 and 6.31.8.5, an attacker can send an authenticated POST request with a malicious payload to /WFS/agreementView.faces allowing a stored XSS via the mainForm:loanNotesnotes:0:rich_text_editor_note_text parameter in the Notes section. Although versions 6.31.8.3 and 6.31.8.5 are confirmed to be affected, all versions with the vulnerable WYSIWYG editor in the Notes section are likely affected.

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  • 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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