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

CVE-2024-56312

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Project Dashboard name of REDCap through 14.9.6 allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts into the name field of a Project Dashboard. When a user clicks on the project Dashboard name, the crafted payload is executed, potentially enabling the execution of arbitrary web scripts.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • 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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