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Antisamy CVE-2017-14735

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2017-09-25 cve@mitre.org
6.1
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Sep 25, 2017 - 21:29 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 59 maven packages depend on org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy (8 direct, 52 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.5.7.

DescriptionCVE.org

OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.7 allows XSS via HTML5 entities, as demonstrated by use of : to construct a javascript: URL.

AnalysisAI

OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.7 allows XSS via HTML5 entities, as demonstrated by use of : to construct a javascript: URL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.7 allows XSS via HTML5 entities, as demonstrated by use of : to construct a javascript: URL. Affected products include: Antisamy Project Antisamy. Version information: before 1.5.7.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

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