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Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page

CVE-2020-7011

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Elastic App Search versions before 7.7.0 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw when displaying document URLs in the Reference UI. If the Reference UI injects a URL into a result, that URL will be rendered by the web browser. If an attacker is able to control the contents of such a field, they could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim�s web browser.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-84 - Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page

The web application improperly neutralizes user-controlled input for executable script disguised with URI encodings.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published