Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-23637

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 January 2023

Published
17 January 2023
Modified
04 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0035 58.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-23637 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Unistra Impatient. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IMPatienT before 1.5.2 allows stored XSS via onmouseover in certain text fields within a PATCH /modify_onto request to the ontology builder. This may allow attackers to steal Protected Health Information.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

unistra
impatient
≤ 1.5.2

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