A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in European Environment Agency eionet.contreg. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument searchTag/resourceUri leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2022-06-27T0948 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a120c2153e263e62c4db34a06ab96a9f1c6bccb6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-215885 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eionet_content_registry | Eea | * | 2022-06-27t0948 (excluding) |
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.