CWE-79
AllowedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
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.
67067 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-528X-V7MH-JGF9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 04:03 – Updated: 2022-05-17 04:03Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Unified Web Interaction Manager in Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a POST request, aka Bug ID CSCus74184.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-0655"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2015-02-28T02:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Unified Web Interaction Manager in Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a POST request, aka Bug ID CSCus74184.",
"id": "GHSA-528x-v7mh-jgf9",
"modified": "2022-05-17T04:03:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T04:03:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0655"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0655"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72824"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031820"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-529F-V746-9VHC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:33The MultiVendorX Marketplace – WooCommerce MultiVendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘hover_animation’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-5259"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-06T10:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The MultiVendorX Marketplace \u2013 WooCommerce MultiVendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u2018hover_animation\u2019 parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.",
"id": "GHSA-529f-v746-9vhc",
"modified": "2026-04-08T18:33:19Z",
"published": "2024-06-06T12:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5259"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/trunk/packages/mvx-elementor/widgets/class-mvx-widget-storesocial.php#L150"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/#developers"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59a349f2-048d-49a5-92ea-c19f1d1cd45e?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-529M-597H-84CR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-09 18:30 – Updated: 2026-06-09 18:30Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-47634"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-74",
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-09T17:17:35Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper neutralization of input during web page generation (\u0027cross-site scripting\u0027) in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-529m-597h-84cr",
"modified": "2026-06-09T18:30:54Z",
"published": "2026-06-09T18:30:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47634"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47634"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-529P-JJ47-W3M3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-10 16:02 – Updated: 2024-07-11 21:36Impact
The admin panel is subject to potential XSS attach in case the attacker manages to modify some records being uploaded to the server.
The attacker is able to change e.g. to <svg onload=alert('XSS')> if they know how to craft these requests themselves. And then enter the returned blob ID to the form inputs manually by modifying the edit page source.
Patches
Available in versions 0.27.6 and 0.28.1.
Workarounds
Review the user accounts that have access to the admin panel (i.e. general Administrators, and participatory space's Administrators) and remove access to them if they don't need it.
References
OWASP ASVS v4.0.3-5.1.3
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-10T16:02:07Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-10T19:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nThe admin panel is subject to potential XSS attach in case the attacker manages to modify some records being uploaded to the server.\n\nThe attacker is able to change e.g. to `\u003csvg onload=alert(\u0027XSS\u0027)\u003e` if they know how to craft these requests themselves. And then enter the returned blob ID to the form inputs manually by modifying the edit page source.\n\n### Patches\n\nAvailable in versions 0.27.6 and 0.28.1.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nReview the user accounts that have access to the admin panel (i.e. general Administrators, and participatory space\u0027s Administrators) and remove access to them if they don\u0027t need it. \n\n### References\n\nOWASP ASVS v4.0.3-5.1.3\n",
"id": "GHSA-529p-jj47-w3m3",
"modified": "2024-07-11T21:36:40Z",
"published": "2024-07-10T16:02:07Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-529p-jj47-w3m3"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27095"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/decidim/decidim"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.28.1"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-admin/CVE-2024-27095.yml"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Decidim cross-site scripting (XSS) in the admin panel"
}
GHSA-529R-XR59-W8V3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-05 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-28 21:35Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Habibur Rahman Comment Form WP – Customize Default Comment Form allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Comment Form WP – Customize Default Comment Form: from n/a through 2.0.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-58825"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-05T14:15:54Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027) vulnerability in Habibur Rahman Comment Form WP \u0026#8211; Customize Default Comment Form allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Comment Form WP \u0026#8211; Customize Default Comment Form: from n/a through 2.0.0.",
"id": "GHSA-529r-xr59-w8v3",
"modified": "2026-04-28T21:35:49Z",
"published": "2025-09-05T15:31:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58825"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/comment-form-wp/vulnerability/wordpress-comment-form-wp-customize-default-comment-form-plugin-2-0-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-52C5-VH7F-26FX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-06 15:44 – Updated: 2026-01-23 21:37Impact
The prosemirror_to_html gem is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through malicious HTML attribute values. While tag content is properly escaped, attribute values are not, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code.
Who is impacted: - Any application using prosemirror_to_html to convert ProseMirror documents to HTML - Applications that process user-generated ProseMirror content are at highest risk - End users viewing the rendered HTML output could have malicious JavaScript executed in their browsers
Attack vectors include:
- href attributes with javascript: protocol: <a href="javascript:alert(document.cookie)">
- Event handlers: <div onclick="maliciousCode()">
- onerror attributes on images: <img src=x onerror="alert('XSS')">
- Other HTML attributes that can execute JavaScript
Patches
A fix is currently in development. Users should upgrade to version 0.2.1 or later once released.
The patch escapes all HTML attribute values using CGI.escapeHTML to prevent injection attacks.
Workarounds
Until a patched version is available, users can implement one or more of these mitigations:
html = ProsemirrorToHtml.render(document)
safe_html = Sanitize.fragment(html, Sanitize::Config::RELAXED)
- Implement Content Security Policy (CSP): Add strict CSP headers to prevent inline JavaScript execution:
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'
- Input validation: If possible, validate and sanitize ProseMirror documents before conversion to prevent malicious content from entering the system.
References
- Vulnerable code: https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html/blob/ea8beb32f6c37f29f042ba4155ccf18504da716e/lib/prosemirror_to_html.rb#L249
- OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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"introduced": "0"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-06T15:44:35Z",
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"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "### Impact\n\nThe prosemirror_to_html gem is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through malicious HTML attribute values. While tag content is properly escaped, attribute values are not, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code.\n\n**Who is impacted:**\n- Any application using prosemirror_to_html to convert ProseMirror documents to HTML\n- Applications that process user-generated ProseMirror content are at highest risk\n- End users viewing the rendered HTML output could have malicious JavaScript executed in their browsers\n\n**Attack vectors include:**\n- `href` attributes with `javascript:` protocol: `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e`\n- Event handlers: `\u003cdiv onclick=\"maliciousCode()\"\u003e`\n- `onerror` attributes on images: `\u003cimg src=x onerror=\"alert(\u0027XSS\u0027)\"\u003e`\n- Other HTML attributes that can execute JavaScript\n\n### Patches\n\nA fix is currently in development. Users should upgrade to version **0.2.1** or later once released.\n\nThe patch escapes all HTML attribute values using `CGI.escapeHTML` to prevent injection attacks.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUntil a patched version is available, users can implement one or more of these mitigations:\n\n1. **Sanitize output**: Pass the HTML output through a sanitization library like [Sanitize](https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize) or [Loofah](https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah):\n```ruby\n html = ProsemirrorToHtml.render(document)\n safe_html = Sanitize.fragment(html, Sanitize::Config::RELAXED)\n```\n\n2. **Implement Content Security Policy (CSP)**: Add strict CSP headers to prevent inline JavaScript execution:\n```\n Content-Security-Policy: default-src \u0027self\u0027; script-src \u0027self\u0027\n```\n\n3. **Input validation**: If possible, validate and sanitize ProseMirror documents before conversion to prevent malicious content from entering the system.\n\n### References\n\n- Vulnerable code: https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html/blob/ea8beb32f6c37f29f042ba4155ccf18504da716e/lib/prosemirror_to_html.rb#L249\n- [OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross_Site_Scripting_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html)\n- [CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)",
"id": "GHSA-52c5-vh7f-26fx",
"modified": "2026-01-23T21:37:34Z",
"published": "2025-11-06T15:44:35Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html/security/advisories/GHSA-52c5-vh7f-26fx"
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{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64501"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html/commit/4d59f94f550bcabeec30d298791bbdd883298ad8"
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"url": "https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html"
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"url": "https://github.com/etaminstudio/prosemirror_to_html/blob/ea8beb32f6c37f29f042ba4155ccf18504da716e/lib/prosemirror_to_html.rb#L249"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/prosemirror_to_html/CVE-2025-64501.yml"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/prosemirror_to_html/GHSA-vfpf-xmwh-8m65.yml"
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],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through unescaped HTML attribute values"
}
GHSA-52CF-QQ7W-J35Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:11 – Updated: 2022-08-20 00:00The way URIs are handled in admin/header.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows Reflected XSS (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML) in admin/reply-ticket.php by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-10438"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-12T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "The way URIs are handled in admin/header.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows Reflected XSS (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML) in admin/reply-ticket.php by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload.",
"id": "GHSA-52cf-qq7w-j35q",
"modified": "2022-08-20T00:00:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:11:11Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10438"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-every-admin-page-cve-block-going-from-cve-2020-10391-to-cve-2020-10456"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#uxss"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-52CW-PVQ9-9M5V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-17 16:00 – Updated: 2024-07-22 16:54Impact
TinyMCE v6 has a configuration value convert_unsafe_embeds set to false which allows svg files containing javascript to be used in <object> or <embed> tags, which can be used as a vector for XSS attacks.
Note that <embed> tags are not allowed by default.
After patching the default value of convert_unsafe_embeds will be set to true. This means that <object> tags will be converted to iframes instead the next time the page is saved, which may break any pages that rely upon previously saved <object> tags. Developers can override this configuration if desired to revert to the original behaviour.
We reviewed the potential impact of this vulnerability within the context of Silverstripe CMS. We concluded this is a medium impact vulnerability given how TinyMCE is used by Silverstripe CMS.
References:
- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2024-001
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5359-pvf2-pw78
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-17T16:00:48Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\nTinyMCE v6 has a configuration value `convert_unsafe_embeds` set to `false` which allows svg files containing javascript to be used in `\u003cobject\u003e` or `\u003cembed\u003e` tags, which can be used as a vector for XSS attacks.\n\nNote that `\u003cembed\u003e` tags are not allowed by default.\n\nAfter patching the default value of `convert_unsafe_embeds` will be set to `true`. This means that `\u003cobject\u003e` tags will be converted to iframes instead the next time the page is saved, which may break any pages that rely upon previously saved `\u003cobject\u003e` tags. Developers can override this configuration if desired to revert to the original behaviour.\n\nWe reviewed the potential impact of this vulnerability within the context of Silverstripe CMS. We concluded this is a medium impact vulnerability given how TinyMCE is used by Silverstripe CMS.\n\n### References:\n- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2024-001\n- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5359-pvf2-pw78\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-52cw-pvq9-9m5v",
"modified": "2024-07-22T16:54:34Z",
"published": "2024-07-17T16:00:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-52cw-pvq9-9m5v"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/silverstripe/framework/SS-2024-001.yaml"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5359-pvf2-pw78"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2024-001"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Silverstripe uses TinyMCE which allows svg files linked in object tags"
}
GHSA-52CX-VPHC-JMJM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2025-05-29 19:35An XSS issue was discovered in manage_custom_field_edit_page.php in MantisBT before 2.25.2. Unescaped output of the return parameter allows an attacker to inject code into a hidden input field.
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"name": "mantisbt/mantisbt"
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],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-29T19:35:11Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-17T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An XSS issue was discovered in manage_custom_field_edit_page.php in MantisBT before 2.25.2. Unescaped output of the return parameter allows an attacker to inject code into a hidden input field.",
"id": "GHSA-52cx-vphc-jmjm",
"modified": "2025-05-29T19:35:11Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:05:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33557"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/03dd37221e636f8959b8cb9fbad84f38f9582356"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mantisbt.org/blog/archives/mantisbt/699"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=28552"
}
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "MantisBT allows XSS in manage_custom_field_edit_page.php"
}
GHSA-52F5-859W-F43Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-10 21:31Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in function urltestAction in file cliAction.php in Xinhu Rainrock RockOA 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m parameter to the task.php endpoint.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-63737"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-09T17:15:54Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in function urltestAction in file cliAction.php in Xinhu Rainrock RockOA 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m parameter to the task.php endpoint.",
"id": "GHSA-52f5-859w-f43q",
"modified": "2025-12-10T21:31:30Z",
"published": "2025-12-09T18:30:44Z",
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{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63737"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rainrocka/xinhu/issues/10"
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],
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-4
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- 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.
Mitigation
- 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:
- 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.
- HTML body
- Element attributes (such as src="XYZ")
- URIs
- JavaScript sections
- Cascading Style Sheets and style property
Mitigation MIT-6
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
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.
Mitigation MIT-15
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.
Mitigation MIT-27
Strategy: Parameterization
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.
Mitigation MIT-30.1
Strategy: Output Encoding
- 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.
Mitigation MIT-43
With Struts, write all data from form beans with the bean's filter attribute set to true.
Mitigation MIT-31
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
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.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- When dynamically constructing web pages, use stringent allowlists that limit the character set based on the expected value of the parameter in the request. All input should be validated and cleansed, not just parameters that the user is supposed to specify, but all data in the request, including hidden fields, cookies, headers, the URL itself, and so forth. A common mistake that leads to continuing XSS vulnerabilities is to validate only fields that are expected to be redisplayed by the site. It is common to see data from the request that is reflected by the application server or the application that the development team did not anticipate. Also, a field that is not currently reflected may be used by a future developer. Therefore, validating ALL parts of the HTTP request is recommended.
- Note that proper output encoding, escaping, and quoting is the most effective solution for preventing XSS, although input validation may provide some defense-in-depth. This is because it effectively limits what will appear in output. Input validation will not always prevent XSS, especially if you are required to support free-form text fields that could contain arbitrary characters. For example, in a chat application, the heart emoticon ("<3") would likely pass the validation step, since it is commonly used. However, it cannot be directly inserted into the web page because it contains the "<" character, which would need to be escaped or otherwise handled. In this case, stripping the "<" might reduce the risk of XSS, but it would produce incorrect behavior because the emoticon would not be recorded. This might seem to be a minor inconvenience, but it would be more important in a mathematical forum that wants to represent inequalities.
- Even if you make a mistake in your validation (such as forgetting one out of 100 input fields), appropriate encoding is still likely to protect you from injection-based attacks. As long as it is not done in isolation, input validation is still a useful technique, since it may significantly reduce your attack surface, allow you to detect some attacks, and provide other security benefits that proper encoding does not address.
- Ensure that you perform input validation at well-defined interfaces within the application. This will help protect the application even if a component is reused or moved elsewhere.
Mitigation MIT-21
Strategy: Enforcement by Conversion
When the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs.
Mitigation MIT-29
Strategy: Firewall
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth [REF-1481].
Mitigation MIT-16
Strategy: Environment Hardening
When using PHP, configure the application so that it does not use register_globals. During implementation, develop the application so that it does not rely on this feature, but be wary of implementing a register_globals emulation that is subject to weaknesses such as CWE-95, CWE-621, and similar issues.
CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
An adversary creates a file with scripting content but where the specified MIME type of the file is such that scripting is not expected. The adversary tricks the victim into accessing a URL that responds with the script file. Some browsers will detect that the specified MIME type of the file does not match the actual type of its content and will automatically switch to using an interpreter for the real content type. If the browser does not invoke script filters before doing this, the adversary's script may run on the target unsanitized, possibly revealing the victim's cookies or executing arbitrary script in their browser.
CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is inserted into the client-side HTML being parsed by a web browser. Content served by a vulnerable web application includes script code used to manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM). This script code either does not properly validate input, or does not perform proper output encoding, thus creating an opportunity for an adversary to inject a malicious script launch a XSS attack. A key distinction between other XSS attacks and DOM-based attacks is that in other XSS attacks, the malicious script runs when the vulnerable web page is initially loaded, while a DOM-based attack executes sometime after the page loads. Another distinction of DOM-based attacks is that in some cases, the malicious script is never sent to the vulnerable web server at all. An attack like this is guaranteed to bypass any server-side filtering attempts to protect users.
CAPEC-591: Reflected XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is "reflected" off a vulnerable web application and then executed by a victim's browser. The process starts with an adversary delivering a malicious script to a victim and convincing the victim to send the script to the vulnerable web application.
CAPEC-592: Stored XSS
An adversary utilizes a form of Cross-site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is persistently "stored" within the data storage of a vulnerable web application as valid input.
CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
An adversary embeds malicious scripts in content that will be served to web browsers. The goal of the attack is for the target software, the client-side browser, to execute the script with the users' privilege level. An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute code and scripts. Web browsers, for example, have some simple security controls in place, but if a remote attacker is allowed to execute scripts (through injecting them in to user-generated content like bulletin boards) then these controls may be bypassed. Further, these attacks are very difficult for an end user to detect.
CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting
This attack utilizes the frequent client-server roundtrips in Ajax conversation to scan a system. While Ajax does not open up new vulnerabilities per se, it does optimize them from an attacker point of view. A common first step for an attacker is to footprint the target environment to understand what attacks will work. Since footprinting relies on enumeration, the conversational pattern of rapid, multiple requests and responses that are typical in Ajax applications enable an attacker to look for many vulnerabilities, well-known ports, network locations and so on. The knowledge gained through Ajax fingerprinting can be used to support other attacks, such as XSS.