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

CVE-2025-46350

Low
3.5/10

Summary

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. An attacker can use a Reflected Cross-site Scripting attack to steal cookies from an authenticated user by having them click on a malicious link. Stolen cookies allow the attacker to take over the user's session. This vulnerability may also allow attackers to deface the website or embed malicious content. This issue affects yeswiki/yeswiki versions 4.1.0 through 4.5.3.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • 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