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

CVE-2024-55651

Low
2/10

Summary

i-Educar is free, fully online school management software. Version 2.9 of the application fails to properly validate and sanitize user supplied input, leading to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that resides within the user type (Tipo de Usuário) input field. Through this attacker vector a malicious user might be able to retrieve information belonging to another user, which may lead to sensitive information leakage or other malicious actions. As of time of publication, no patched versions are known to exist.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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