CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-3968

Improper Neutralization

Published: Nov 13, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.1
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been found in emlog and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/article_save.php. The manipulation of the argument tag leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 5bf7a79826e0ea09bcc8a21f69a0c74107761a02. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213547.

Weakness

The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from an upstream component or sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Emlog Emlog * 2022-11-08 (excluding)

Extended Description

If a message is malformed, it may cause the message to be incorrectly interpreted. Neutralization is an abstract term for any technique that ensures that input (and output) conforms with expectations and is “safe.” This can be done by:

This weakness typically applies in cases where the product prepares a control message that another process must act on, such as a command or query, and malicious input that was intended as data, can enter the control plane instead. However, this weakness also applies to more general cases where there are not always control implications.

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