Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE-2021-27912
Summary
Mautic versions before 3.3.4/4.0.0 are vulnerable to an inline JS XSS attack when viewing Mautic assets by utilizing inline JS in the title and adding a broken image URL as a remote asset. This can only be leveraged by an authenticated user with permission to create or edit assets.
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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.
Advisory Timeline
- Published