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CVE-2017-20059

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Elefant CMS 1.3.12-RC. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Title Handler. The manipulation with the input </title><img src=no onerror=alert(1)> leads to basic cross site scripting (Persistent). The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.3.13 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Elefantcms — Elefant CMS

CWEs

References

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