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

CVE-2024-57237

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

Prolink 4G LTE Mobile Wi-Fi DL-7203E V4.0.0B05 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the /reqproc/proc_get endpoint. The vulnerability arises because the cmd parameter does not properly sanitize input and the response is served with a Content-Type of text/html. This behavior allows the browser to execute injected JavaScript code.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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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