008 – Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
Description
The web application dynamically generates web content without validating the source of the potentially untrusted data.
Impact
Generate web pages that could contain malicious scripts injected into untrusted data.
Recommendation
Perform input data validations on the server-side to avoid common script injection attacks.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: A
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): L
- Integrity (SI): L
- Availability (SA): L
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X