CVE-2023-23408
Published: 14 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-23408 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-23408 is a spoofing vulnerability in Azure Apache Ambari that is also tracked under CWE-79. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.5 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, reflecting a network-accessible issue that requires high privileges and user interaction to reach an integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability.
An attacker who already possesses administrative credentials can leverage the weakness by supplying crafted input that a targeted user must interact with, resulting in spoofed content being rendered. The attack does not enable data disclosure or service disruption but can alter the appearance or behavior of Ambari interfaces presented to users.
Microsoft’s Security Response Center advisory at the listed update-guide URL supplies official remediation details and patch information. The associated Packet Storm entry references a file describing the spoofing condition for the 2302250400 release. Exploitation probability (EPSS) has remained flat at 0.0760 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-27508
Vulnerability details
Azure Apache Ambari Spoofing Vulnerability
- 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.