CVE-2023-22921
Published: 01 May 2023
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-27023
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
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.