CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

VariantIncompleteExploit Likelihood: High

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.

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