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

CVE-2023-28025

Medium
6.6/10

Summary

Due to this vulnerability, the Master operator could potentially incorporate an SVG tag into HTML, leading to an alert pop-up displaying a cookie. To mitigate stored XSS vulnerabilities, a preventive measure involves thoroughly sanitizing and validating all user inputs before they are processed and stored in the server storage.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • LOW
  • LOW

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