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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Pixelimity
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pixelimity 1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via the Title field in admin/pages.php?action=add_new (2022-05-03, CVE-2022-28589)
A Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilty exists in Pixelimity 1.0 via the Site Description field in pixelimity/admin/setting.php (2022-03-31, CVE-2021-42866)
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Pixelimity 1.0 via the HTTP POST parameter to admin/setting.php. (2021-08-17, CVE-2021-29056)
Pixelimity 1.0 has Persistent XSS via the admin/portfolio.php data[title] parameter, as demonstrated by a crafted onload attribute of an SVG element. (2018-12-06, CVE-2018-19919)
Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous
Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.
The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete
what results in:
<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>
In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>
and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:
<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>