Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | This vulnerability presents moderate real-world risk. Without a CVSS vector or EPSS score, quantitative severity cannot be established from supplied data; however, the attack vector is remote and requires no authentication. The reflected XSS nature means exploitation depends on user interaction (visiting an attacker-crafted link), reducing immediate likelihood compared to stored XSS or unauthenticated RCE. YZMCMS is a niche CMS with smaller deployment footprint than mainstream platforms, limiting exposure scope. No KEV status, EPSS probability, or active exploitation evidence is provided. The presence of a GitHub issue reference (yzmcms/yzmcms#69) suggests vendor awareness but patch status is unclear. Prioritization should be moderate: deploy input validation fixes and output encoding, but this does not warrant emergency response level without additional indicators of active exploitation or widespread deployment. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a phishing email containing a link to the YZMCMS login page with an injected JavaScript payload in the referrer header parameter. When a user clicks the link, the payload executes in their browser context, stealing the session cookie or login credentials. The attacker then uses the stolen credentials to gain administrative access to the CMS. Because this is a reflected variant requiring social engineering, success depends on user click-through, making it less likely to affect users who exercise caution with unknown links. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified at the time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 26, 2026
YZMCMS v7.4 suffers from a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /index/login.html component that permits attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser by manipulating the referrer value in request headers. Remote attackers can exploit this to steal session credentials, perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, or redirect users to malicious sites without requiring prior authentication. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been independently confirmed at the time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade YZMCMS to a patched version once released by the vendor; consult the GitHub issue at https://github.com/yzmcms/yzmcms/issues/69 for patch availability and timeline. As an immediate mitigation, implement output encoding on all user-supplied HTTP headers (including referrer) before reflecting them into HTML responses-specifically HTML-encode the referrer value and consider using a Content Security Policy (CSP) with script-src 'self' to restrict inline script execution. Web Application Firewall rules can be configured to detect XSS payloads in referrer headers. Until a vendor patch is confirmed, restrict administrative access to the login page via IP allowlisting or require a secondary authentication layer (e.g., multi-factor authentication) to reduce user credential compromise risk.
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This vulnerability exploits improper input validation in the login page component of YZMCMS. The referrer HTTP header-which indicates the source of a request and is user-controllable in crafted requests-is reflected into the HTML response without sanitization or encoding. This falls under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation, or Cross-site Scripting). Unlike stored XSS, this reflected variant requires the attacker to socially engineer a victim into visiting a malicious link containing payload in the referrer parameter. The affected product is identified through the EUVD-2026-16209 identifier and references YZMCMS (a content management system) version 7.4 specifically.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /index/login.html component of YZMCMS v7.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript in the context of the user's browser via modifying the referrer value in the request header.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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EUVD-2026-16209
GHSA-m982-7wj6-525g
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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