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

CVE-2020-27533

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue was discovered in the search feature of DedeCMS v.5.8 that allows malicious users to inject code into web pages, and other users will be affected when viewing web pages.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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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