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

CVE-2024-11479

Medium
5.1/10

Summary

A HTML Injection vulnerability was identified in Issuetrak version 17.1 that could be triggered by an authenticated user. HTML markup could be added to comments of tickets, which when submitted will render in the emails sent to all users on that ticket.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • PASSIVE
  • 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