CVE-2023-25841
Published: 21 July 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-25841 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Esri Arcgis Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 25.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-29729
Vulnerability details
There is a stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Esri ArcGIS Server versions 11.0 and below on Windows and Linux platforms that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create crafted content which when clicked could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code…
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in the victim’s browser. Mitigation: Disable anonymous access to ArcGIS Feature services with edit capabilities.
- 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.