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

CVE-2023-50378

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Lack of proper input validation and constraint enforcement in Apache Ambari versions 2.7.0 through 2.7.7. As it will be Stored Cross-site Scripting(XSS), Could be exploited to perform unauthorized actions, varying from data access to session hijacking and delivering malicious payloads.

  • 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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  • Published