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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

User controllable script source

Description

The src parameter for one script tag from this page is dirrectly controlled by user input. An attacker who can control the reference location to a JavaScript source file can load a script of their choice into an application.

Remediation

Your script should properly sanitize user input. Do not allow user-input to control script source location references.

References

OWASP - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-79 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

XSS

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