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

CVE-2025-12453

Medium
5.1/10

Summary

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in OpenTextâ„¢ Vertica allows Reflected XSS.  The vulnerability could lead to Reflected XSS attack of cross-site scripting in Vertica management console application.This issue affects Vertica: from 10.0 through 10.X, from 11.0 through 11.X, from 12.0 through 12.X, from 23.0 through 23.X, from 24.0 through 24.X, from 25.1.0 through 25.1.X, from 25.2.0 through 25.2.X, from 25.3.0 through 25.3.X.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • 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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  • Published