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

CVE-2021-20717

Severity Medium
Score 6.1/10

Summary

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in EC-CUBE before 4.0.5 and, 4.1-beta and 4.1-beta2 allows a remote attacker to inject a specially crafted script in the specific input field of the EC web site which is created using EC-CUBE. As a result, it may lead to an arbitrary script execution on the administrator's web browser.

  • 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.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published