Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
How to prevent it (8 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
Examples of libraries and frameworks that make it easier to generate properly encoded output include Microsoft's Anti-XSS library, the OWASP ESAPI Encoding module, and Apache Wicket.
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Implementation, Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages. Study all expected communication protocols and data representations to determine the required encoding strategies.
For any data that will be output to another web page, especially any data that was received from external inputs, use the appropriate encoding on all non-alphanumeric characters.
Parts of the same output document may require different encodings, which will vary depending on whether the output is in the:
- HTML body
- Element attributes (such as src="XYZ")
- URIs
- JavaScript sections
- Cascading Style Sheets and style property
etc. Note that HTML Entity Encoding is only appropriate for the HTML body.
Consult the XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet [REF-724] for more details on the types of encoding and escaping that are needed.
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Architecture and Design, Implementation
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Remember that such inputs may be obtained indirectly through API calls.
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Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
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Architecture and Design
If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated.
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Implementation
Use and specify an output encoding that can be handled by the downstream component that is reading the output. Common encodings include ISO-8859-1, UTF-7, and UTF-8. When an encoding is not specified, a downstream component may choose a different encoding, either by assuming a default encoding or automatically inferring which encoding is being used, which can be erroneous. When the encodings are inconsistent, the downstream component might treat some character or byte sequences as special, even if they are not special in the original encoding. Attackers might then be able to exploit this discrepancy and conduct injection attacks; they even might be able to bypass protection mechanisms that assume the original encoding is also being used by the downstream component.
The problem of inconsistent output encodings often arises in web pages. If an encoding is not specified in an HTTP header, web browsers often guess about which encoding is being used. This can open up the browser to subtle XSS attacks.
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Implementation
With Struts, write all data from form beans with the bean's filter attribute set to true.
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Implementation
To help mitigate XSS attacks against the user's session cookie, set the session cookie to be HttpOnly. In browsers that support the HttpOnly feature (such as more recent versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox), this attribute can prevent the user's session cookie from being accessible to malicious client-side scripts that use document.cookie. This is not a complete solution, since HttpOnly is not supported by all browsers. More importantly, XmlHttpRequest and other powerful browser technologies provide read access to HTTP headers, including the Set-Cookie header in which the HttpOnly flag is set.
Source: MITRE CWE-79
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=dmz_setup.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The man…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=time_zone.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=time_zone.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argume…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=time_zone.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argu…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. This affects an unknown part of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the ar…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interfac…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=dmz_setup.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation o…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. Affected is an unknown function of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argume…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=ike_policies.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=dmz_setup.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the ar…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the a…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=firewall_logs_email.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipu…
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Low 2.4
Netgear SRX5308 Web Management Interface cross site scripting
A vulnerability has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=bandwidth_profile.htm of the component Web Management Interface. T…
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Low 2.4
SourceCodester Online DJ Management System cross site scripting
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Online DJ Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file classes/Master.php?f=save_event. The manipulation of the argument name lea…
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Low 2.0
Stored cross site scripting in RSS displayer
Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) before 9.1 is vulnerable to stored XSS in RSS Displayer via the href attribute because the link element input was not sanitized.
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Low 3.5
Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) is vulnerable to stored XSS in uploaded file and folder names
Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) versions 8.5.12 and below, 9.0.0 through 9.0.2 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in uploaded file and folder names.
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Service Provider Management System Users.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Service Provider Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /classes/Users.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site sc…
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Service Provider Management System index.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Service Provider Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to cross site scripting. It is possibl…
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Low 3.5
UCMS Column Configuration saddpost.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in UCMS 1.6.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file saddpost.php of the component Column Configuration. The manipulation of the argument strorder leads to cross site scripting. It is possibl…
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Low 2.4
SourceCodester Purchase Order Management System cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Purchase Order Management System 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file classes/Master.php?f=save_item. The manipulation of the argument description with the input <scri…
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Low 3.5
Kau-Boy Backend Localization Plugin backend_localization.php localize_backend cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Kau-Boy Backend Localization Plugin 2.0 on WordPress. Affected is the function backend_localization_admin_settings/backend_localization_save_setting/backend_localization_login_form/localize_backend o…
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Low 3.5
Kau-Boy Backend Localization Plugin backend_localization.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Kau-Boy Backend Localization Plugin up to 1.6.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file backend_localization.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The a…
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Low 3.5
Dream Technology mica Form Object cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Dream Technology mica up to 3.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Form Object Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack re…
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Task Reminder System Users.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Task Reminder System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /classes/Users.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be…
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Low 3.5
Campcodes Coffee Shop POS System Users.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Campcodes Coffee Shop POS System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /classes/Users.php. The manipulation of the argument firstname leads to cross site scripting. T…
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Low 3.5
mportuga eslint-detailed-reporter template-generator.js renderIssue cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in mportuga eslint-detailed-reporter up to 0.9.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function renderIssue in the library lib/template-generator.js. The manipulation of the argument message leads to cross site…
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Low 3.5
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in azuracast/azuracast
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository azuracast/azuracast prior to 0.18.
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Low 2.4
SourceCodester Air Cargo Management System cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Air Cargo Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file classes/Master.php?f=save_cargo_type. The manipulation of the argument name leads to cross si…
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Complaint Management System POST Parameter editable_ajax.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Complaint Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin/assets/plugins/DataTables/examples/examples_support/editable_ajax.php of the comp…
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Low 3.5
Google Analytics Top Content Widget Plugin class-tgm-plugin-activation.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google Analytics Top Content Widget Plugin up to 1.5.6 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file class-tgm-plugin-activation.php. The manipulation leads to cross…
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System index.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/report/index.php. The manipulation of the argument date_end leads to cross site scripting. …
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System Users.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /classes/Users.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to…
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System topBarNav.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Vehicle Service Management System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /inc/topBarNav.php. The manipulation of the argument search leads to cross si…
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Low 3.5
Campcodes Online Traffic Offense Management System view_details.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Campcodes Online Traffic Offense Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/offenses/view_details.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads …
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Low 3.5
Campcodes Online Traffic Offense Management System Users.phpp cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Campcodes Online Traffic Offense Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /classes/Users.phpp. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The atta…
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Low 2.4
EyouCms HTTP POST Request cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in EyouCms up to 1.6.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /yxcms/index.php?r=admin/extendfield/mesedit&tabid=12&id=4 of the component HTTP POST Request Handler…
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Low 2.4
EyouCms New Picture cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in EyouCms 1.5.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file login.php?m=admin&c=Arctype&a=edit of the component New Picture Handler. The manipulation of the argument litpic_loca leads to cross…
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Low 3.5
Campcodes Advanced Online Voting System config_save.php cross site scripting
A vulnerability has been found in Campcodes Advanced Online Voting System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/config_save.php. The manipulation of the argument title leads to cross site scripting. The …
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Low 3.5
Control iD iDSecure Dispositivos Page cross site scripting
A vulnerability has been found in Control iD iDSecure 4.7.29.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Dispositivos Page. The manipulation of the argument IP-DNS leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be …
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Low 3.5
SourceCodester Online Computer and Laptop Store cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Online Computer and Laptop Store 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/?page=maintenance/brand. The manipulation of the argument Brand Name leads …