Reflected Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Microweber 1.0.8

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker
Name: Reflected Cross-site Scripting in Microweber
Affected Software: Microweber
Affected Versions: 1.0.8
Homepage: https://github.com/microweber/microweber
Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: High
Status: Not Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19917
CVSS Score (3.0): 7.4
Netsparker Advisory Reference: NS-18-038

Technical Details
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URL  http://ns.app/ScanApp/microweber/search.php?keywords=x' onmouseover=netsparker(0x001E3C) x='  
Parameter Name  keywords
Parameter Type  GET
Attack Pattern  x%27+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x001E3C)+x%3d%27

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline
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13th April 2018- First Contact
14th April 2018 - Technical Details Sent
28th June 2018 - Attempted to Contact
3rd January 2019 - Advisory Released

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.

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