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Amaxus CMS
by:
5.5
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
79
CWE
Product Name: Amaxus CMS
Affected Version From: Amaxus CMS versions 3 and earlier
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Patch Exists: NO
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Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Box UK Amaxus CMS

Box UK Amaxus CMS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to implement proper input validation and sanitization techniques in the application. Additionally, web application firewalls (WAFs) can be used to detect and block malicious input.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15936/info

Box UK Amaxus CMS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Amaxus CMS verions 3 and earlier are reportedly prone to this issue. 

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