Reflected XSS via unescaped course search input
Published Feb 1, 2022 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Reflected XSS in RosarioSIS 8.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML through the Courses.php search_term parameter. Courses.php places the request value directly into the search field's value attribute without HTML-special-character encoding. A victim must open the crafted course-search page in a popup, allowing injected script to run in the victim's browser and alter displayed content.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in RosarioSIS 8.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML through the Courses.php search_term parameter. Courses.php places the request value directly into the search field's value attribute without HTML-special-character encoding. A victim must open the crafted course-search page in a popup, allowing injected script to run in the victim's browser and alter displayed content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-45416
- Published
- Feb 1, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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