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

CVE-2023-2121

Severity Medium
Score 5.4/10

Summary

The package github.com/hashicorp/vault's (Vault) key-value v2 (kv-v2) diff viewer allowed HTML injection into the Vault web UI through key values. This vulnerability affects versions v1.10.0-rc1 through v1.11.10, v1.12.0-rc1 through v1.12.6 and v1.13.0-rc1 through v1.13.2.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • 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