Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft URL with XSS payload in domain parameter
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DeliverySend link to a CAT dashboard user
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ExploitVictim's browser loads the hourlyReport report page
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ExecutionReflected script executes in victim's session
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ImpactHijack session or perform actions as the user
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to deliver a crafted request whose 'domain' argument is reflected unsanitized by Model.getDomain into the hourlyReport.tag view of the CAT Report Handler, and requires a victim with access to the CAT web interface to open the attacker-supplied link (CVSS UI:P - passive user interaction). No authentication is needed by the attacker to craft the request (PR:N), and no special non-default configuration is cited in the source. Limiting factors: the reflected (not stored) nature means each victim must individually trigger the crafted URL, impact is confined to the browser session of a CAT dashboard user, and affected versions are specifically 3.0.0, 3.1.0, and 4.0-RC1. No fixed version is available - the vendor did not respond to the disclosure, so no patch is referenced in the sources. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity reflected cross-site scripting issue (CVSS 4.0 base 5.3) rather than a top-tier emergency. The signals are internally consistent and point to moderate, not critical, urgency: the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P, meaning the attack is remote and unauthenticated but REQUIRES victim interaction (UI:P), and impact is limited to VI:L (low integrity) with no confidentiality or availability impact in the vendor-supplied score. Exploit maturity is E:P (proof-of-concept), the description states the exploit has been publicly disclosed, and the vuln.today Decision label is 'this_month' - not act_now or emergency - which aligns with a disclosed-but-not-mass-exploited XSS. It is NOT in CISA KEV (no confirmed active exploitation), and no EPSS probability was provided in the input, so widespread-exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from this data. The limiting factors (required user interaction, a niche monitoring product, and a reflected rather than stored sink) keep real-world risk moderate. One caveat for defenders: the vendor was contacted but did not respond, so no patch is referenced - remediation options are constrained, which raises operational (not exploitation) risk for exposed deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a URL for a Dianping CAT instance that embeds a malicious script in the 'domain' parameter handled by Model.getDomain in the hourlyReport.tag report view. The attacker sends this link to a user with access to the CAT monitoring dashboard; when the victim opens it, the unsanitized value is reflected into the page and the script runs in the victim's browser session. A public PoC reference exists; it is not verified as working exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 09, 2026
Reflected cross-site scripting in Dianping CAT 3.0.0, 3.1.0, and 4.0-RC1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to supply a crafted 'domain' argument that Model.getDomain reflects unsanitized into the WEB-INF/tags/hourlyReport.tag Report Handler view, executing script in the browser of a CAT user who opens the link. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.3, the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment is 5.3, and the issue is rated medium severity with a this_month priority; exploitation requires user interaction and is confined to the victim's dashboard session. A public exploit disclosure exists, but it is not verified as working exploit code, and no CISA KEV confirmation is provided.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch is identified at time of analysis in the provided sources, and no fixed version is listed. Until a vendor fix is available, restrict access to the CAT web interface to trusted management networks or require authentication at a reverse proxy, accepting reduced accessibility for dashboard users; add a WAF or reverse-proxy rule that blocks requests to the Report Handler/hourlyReport.tag path or rejects domain parameters containing HTML or script metacharacters, accepting possible false positives for legitimate reports; and, where source changes are permitted, HTML-encode the domain value before it is written into the hourlyReport.tag response and validate it against an allowlist, which requires maintaining a local code change outside vendor support. Monitor the VulDB entries https://vuldb.com/vuln/432810 and https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-124506 for a vendor fix or updated advisory.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Dianping CAT is a Java-based application performance monitoring platform whose web interface uses JSP tag files; this issue is in the Report Handler's hourlyReport.tag view, where the Model.getDomain function handles the 'domain' argument. The flaw is CWE-79 (cross-site scripting), specifically reflected XSS: the supplied value is returned in the HTML response without adequate encoding, so script content can run in the context of the CAT dashboard origin. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:dianping:cat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected product family, with versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, and 4.0-RC1 named in the source. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector is AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P, and the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating a network-reachable, low-complexity issue with passive user interaction, scope change, and low confidentiality and integrity impact. Exploitation requires a crafted request whose domain argument reaches the tag view and a victim who opens the resulting link; no special non-default configuration is cited.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Remote unauthenticated reflected XSS (AV:N/PR:N) needs victim interaction (UI:R); script runs in a different security context (S:C) with limited confidentiality and integrity impact typical of browser-executed script.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability has been found in Dianping CAT 3.0.0/3.1.0/4.0-RC1. This vulnerability affects the function Model.getDomain of the file WEB-INF/tags/hourlyReport.tag of the component Report Handler. The manipulation of the argument domain leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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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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