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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cogent...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cogent DataHub before 7.3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 30, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Oct 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(67th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as <, >, and & that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-2353

GHSA ID

GHSA-m782-vf42-h3fp

Source code

No known source code

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