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

CVE-2021-27676

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

Centreon versions before 19.10.23, 20.04.x before 20.04.13 and 20.10.x before 20.10.7 are affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The dep_description (Dependency Description) and dep_name (Dependency Name) parameters are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user has to log in and go to the Configuration > Notifications > Hosts page.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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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