{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/issues/7","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/issues/7/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/issues/7/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/issues/7/events","html_url":"https://github.com/weojohn/Weo/issues/7","id":183397012,"number":7,"title":"Acunetix - Cross site scripting","user":{"login":"weojohn","id":22587494,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22587494?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn","html_url":"https://github.com/weojohn","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/weojohn/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/labels/CWE-79","name":"CWE-79","color":"ededed"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weojohn/Weo/labels/XSS","name":"XSS","color":"ededed"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-10-17T11:59:48Z","updated_at":"2016-10-17T11:59:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"\n#### High Severity Vulnerability\n\n##### Vulnerability Description\nThis script is possibly vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.\n\n\r\nCross site scripting (also referred to as XSS) is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to send malicious code (usually in the form of Javascript) to another user.\r\nBecause a browser cannot know if the script should be trusted or not, it will execute the script in the user context allowing the attacker to access any cookies or session tokens retained by the browser.\n\n##### Attack Details\n   URL encoded POST input **uuname** was set to **dpxeusyd&#x27;&quot;()&amp;%&lt;acx&gt;&lt;ScRiPt &gt;CuBm(9429)&lt;/ScRiPt&gt;**\n    \n\n##### Impact\nMalicious users may inject JavaScript, VBScript, ActiveX, HTML or Flash into a vulnerable application to fool a user in order to gather data from them.\r\nAn attacker can steal the session cookie and take over the account, impersonating the user.\r\nIt is also possible to modify the content of the page presented to the user.\n\n##### Remediation\nYour script should filter metacharacters from user input.\n\n----\n\n##### References:\n[Acunetix Cross Site Scripting Attack](http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/cross-site-scripting.htm)\n[VIDEO: How Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Works](http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/video-how-cross-site-scripting-xss-works/)\n[The Cross Site Scripting Faq](http://www.cgisecurity.com/xss-faq.html)\n[OWASP Cross Site Scripting](http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross_Site_Scripting)\n[XSS Filter Evasion Cheat Sheet](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS_Filter_Evasion_Cheat_Sheet)\n[Cross site scripting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting )\n[OWASP PHP Top 5](http://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Top_5)\n[How To: Prevent Cross-Site Scripting in ASP.NET](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998274.aspx)\n\n"}}
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