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

CVE-2019-25070

Severity Medium
Score 6.1/10

Summary

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in WolfCMS up to 0.8.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /wolfcms/?/admin/user/add of the component User Add. The manipulation of the argument name leads to basic cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-135125 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

  • 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

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