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

CVE-2024-12907

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Kentico CMS in version 7 is vulnerable to a Reflected XSS attacks through manipulation of a specific GET request parameter sent to /CMSMessages/AccessDenied.aspx endpoint. Notably, support for this version of Kentico ended in 2016. Version 8 was tested as well and does not contain this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • PASSIVE
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published