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CWE-82 Individual Dictionary Definition (Draft 9)
Weakness ID
| Status: Incomplete 82 (Weakness Variant) | | Description | Summary A Web application that trusts input in the form of HTML IMG tags is potentially
vulnerable to XSS attacks. Attackers can embed XSS exploits into the values for IMG attributes
(e.g. SRC) that is streamed and then executed in a victim's browser. Note that when the page is
loaded into a user's browsers, the exploit will automatically execute. | | Potential Mitigations | see the vulnerability category "Cross-site scripting (XSS)" | | Observed Examples | | | Relationships | | | Source Taxonomies | PLOVER - Script in IMG tags | | Applicable Platforms | All | | Related Attack Patterns | | CAPEC-ID | Attack Pattern Name |
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| 18 | Embedding Scripts in Nonscript Elements | | 91 | XSS in IMG Tags |
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