Script execution via unsanitized message reflection
Published Oct 25, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2024
Cross-site scripting in Sohel Amin AIML Chatbot 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute scripts through the message input field. The chatbot includes submitted HTML or JavaScript in its response without sanitizing or escaping it before browser rendering. Exploitation requires a user to view the crafted response and permits script execution in that user's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Sohel Amin AIML Chatbot 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute scripts through the message input field. The chatbot includes submitted HTML or JavaScript in its response without sanitizing or escaping it before browser rendering. Exploitation requires a user to view the crafted response and permits script execution in that user's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48396
- Published
- Oct 25, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2024
- Vendor
- Sohel Amin
- Product
- AIML Chatbot
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 30, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Reflected XSS proof of concept for AIML Chatbotproof of concept · demonstrated
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