📄 Description (English)
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Basamak Information Technology Consulting and Organization Trade Ltd. Co. DernekWeb allows Stored XSS.
This issue affects DernekWeb: through 30122025.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
A Stored XSS vulnerability (CVE-2026-7498) exists in DernekWeb through version 30122025, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that persist in the application. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this high-severity vulnerability poses significant risk to organizations using this platform for web-based services. No patch is currently available, requiring immediate compensating controls and input validation hardening.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 21, 2026 07:32
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi government entities, municipalities, and public sector organizations using DernekWeb for citizen services and administrative portals face significant risk of data breach and service disruption. Banking sector organizations using this platform for customer-facing applications could experience credential theft and fraud. Healthcare institutions relying on DernekWeb for patient portals risk exposure of sensitive health information. Telecom and energy sector organizations using this for customer management systems face operational disruption and data compromise. The vulnerability is particularly critical for SAMA-regulated financial institutions and NCA-supervised government agencies.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government and Public Administration
Banking and Financial Services
Healthcare
Energy and Utilities
Telecommunications
Education
Local Government and Municipalities
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Conduct urgent inventory of all DernekWeb deployments across your organization
2. Restrict access to DernekWeb applications to trusted networks only using WAF/network segmentation
3. Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers with strict directives to prevent inline script execution
4. Enable HTTP-only and Secure flags on all session cookies
5. Disable user-generated content features if not critical to operations
COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
6. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block XSS payloads in input fields
7. Implement input validation on all user-facing forms with whitelist-based filtering
8. Apply output encoding for all dynamic content using context-appropriate encoding (HTML, JavaScript, URL)
9. Enable security monitoring and logging for all DernekWeb user inputs and script execution attempts
10. Conduct daily security audits of stored data for malicious script injection
DETECTION RULES:
11. Monitor for suspicious JavaScript patterns in database records and user submissions
12. Alert on execution of scripts from unexpected origins within DernekWeb context
13. Track unusual administrative account activities and privilege escalations
14. Monitor for data exfiltration attempts following XSS exploitation
PATCHING:
15. Contact Basamak Information Technology for emergency security updates
16. Prepare for immediate deployment of patches once available
17. Maintain offline backups of critical data before applying patches
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. إجراء جرد عاجل لجميع نشرات DernekWeb عبر المنظمة
2. تقييد الوصول إلى تطبيقات DernekWeb على الشبكات الموثوقة فقط باستخدام WAF
3. تطبيق رؤوس Content Security Policy (CSP) مع توجيهات صارمة
4. تفعيل علامات HTTP-only و Secure على جميع ملفات تعريف الجلسة
5. تعطيل ميزات المحتوى المُنشأ من قبل المستخدمين إن لم تكن حرجة
الضوابط التعويضية:
6. نشر قواعد Web Application Firewall للكشف عن حمولات XSS
7. تطبيق التحقق من صحة الإدخال على جميع النماذج
8. تطبيق ترميز الإخراج لجميع المحتوى الديناميكي
9. تفعيل المراقبة الأمنية لجميع محاولات الإدخال والتنفيذ
10. إجراء تدقيقات أمنية يومية للبيانات المخزنة
قواعد الكشف:
11. مراقبة أنماط JavaScript المريبة في السجلات
12. التنبيه على تنفيذ النصوص من مصادر غير متوقعة
13. تتبع أنشطة الحسابات الإدارية غير العادية
14. مراقبة محاولات تسرب البيانات
التصحيح:
15. التواصل مع Basamak للحصول على تحديثات أمنية طارئة
16. الاستعداد للنشر الفوري للتصحيحات
17. الحفاظ على نسخ احتياطية غير متصلة للبيانات الحرجة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy and procedures
ECC 2024 A.14.2.5 - Secure development environment
ECC 2024 A.14.3.1 - Testing of security functionality
ECC 2024 A.13.1.3 - Segregation of networks
ECC 2024 A.13.2.1 - Management of removable media
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF 1.1 - Governance and Risk Management
SAMA CSF 2.1 - Asset Management and Protection
SAMA CSF 3.1 - Access Control and Authentication
SAMA CSF 4.1 - Detection and Response
SAMA CSF 5.1 - Business Continuity and Resilience
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.1 - Policies for information security
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - User endpoint devices
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.3 - Access control
ISO 27001:2022 A.14.2 - Secure development
ISO 27001:2022 A.14.3 - Testing of information systems
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 6.5.1 - Injection flaws prevention
PCI DSS 6.5.7 - Cross-site scripting prevention
PCI DSS 11.3 - Penetration testing
🔗 References & Sources 1