CVE-2023-23707
Published: 23 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-23707 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Awsm Embed Any Document. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-27793
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Awsm Innovations Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files allows Stored XSS via upload of SVG and…
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HTML files. This issue affects Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin <= 2.7.1 versions.
- 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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
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.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.