A vulnerability has been identified in XHQ (All versions < V6.0.0.2). The web interface could allow for an an attacker to craft the input in a form that is not expected, causing the application to behave in unexpected ways for legitimate users. Successful exploitation requires for an attacker to be authenticated to the web interface. A successful attack could cause the application to have unexpected behavior. This could allow the attacker to modify contents of the web application. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.
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.
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.
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| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-525454.pdf | vendor advisory |