CX Reflected_XSS_All_Clients @ BookDetail_jsp.java [master]

[ghannamz]

Reflected_XSS_All_Clients issue exists @ BookDetail_jsp.java in branch master

Method getParam at line 168 of BookDetail_jsp.java gets user input for the paramName element. This element’s value then flows through the code without being properly sanitized or validated and is eventually displayed to the user in method Detail_Show at line 502 of BookDetail_jsp.java. This may enable a Cross-Site-Scripting attack.

Severity: High
CWE:79
Vulnerability details and guidance
Checkmarx
Lines: 169

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Code (Line #169):

    String param = req.getParameter(paramName);

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