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A vulnerability in Black Duck Hub’s embedded MadCap Flare documentation files could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack

Published May 10, 2022

Description

A vulnerability in Black Duck Hub’s embedded MadCap Flare documentation files could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to MadCap Flare's framework embedded within Black Duck Hub's Help Documentation to supply content. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to click a link designed to pass malicious input to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and gain access to sensitive browser-based information.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner SNPS
Published May 10, 2022
Updated Aug 3, 2024
Reserved May 4, 2022
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a