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

CVE-2021-4257

Severity Medium
Score 6.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in ctrlo lenio. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file views/task.tt of the component Task Handler. The manipulation of the argument site.org.name/check.name/task.tasktype.name/task.name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 698c5fa465169d6f23c6a41ca4b1fc9a7869013a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

  • 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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published