Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22921

High

Published: 01 May 2023

Published
01 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0046 64.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22921 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Zyxel Nbg-418N Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Zyxel NBG-418N v2 firmware versions prior to V1.00(AARP.14)C0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to store malicious scripts using a web management interface parameter, resulting in denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on…

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an affected device.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

zyxel
nbg-418n firmware
≤ 1.00\(aarp.13\)c0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References