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

CVE-2022-45008

Severity Medium
Score 4.8/10

Summary

Online Leave Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /leave_system/admin/?page=maintenance/department. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via crafted payload injected into the Name field under the Create New module.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • 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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