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

CVE-2025-53903

Low
1.3/10

Summary

The Scratch Channel is a news website that is under development as of time of this writing. The file `/api/users.js` doesn't properly sanitize text box inputs, leading to a potential vulnerability to cross-site scripting attacks. Commit 90b39eb56b27b2bac29001abb1a3cac0964b8ddb addresses this issue.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • PASSIVE
  • 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