Browser script execution via incomplete event-handler denylist
Published Aug 6, 2024 · Updated Jul 5, 2026
Reflected XSS in Microweber 2.0.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject script through the /search keywords parameter. The referenced fix expands XSSClean's blocked-attribute set with numerous event handlers, showing that the sanitizer previously allowed executable HTML attributes. No authentication is required, but the reflected script executes in the security context of a user who opens an attacker-crafted search URL.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Microweber 2.0.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject script through the /search keywords parameter. The referenced fix expands XSSClean's blocked-attribute set with numerous event handlers, showing that the sanitizer previously allowed executable HTML attributes. No authentication is required, but the reflected script executes in the security context of a user who opens an attacker-crafted search URL.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-40101
- Published
- Aug 6, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Microweber reflected XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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