Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-2390

LowPublic PoC

Published: 28 April 2023

Published
28 April 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 2.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0037 59.2th percentile
Risk Priority 5 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-2390 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Netgear Srx5308 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 2.4 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.8% 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

A vulnerability has been found in Netgear SRX5308 up to 4.3.5-3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file scgi-bin/platform.cgi?page=time_zone.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument ntp.server1 leads to cross site…

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scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-227668. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

netgear
srx5308 firmware
4.3.5-3

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.

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