CVE-2023-28598
Published: 13 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-28598 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Zoom Zoom. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-32268
Vulnerability details
Zoom for Linux clients prior to 5.13.10 contain an HTML injection vulnerability. If a victim starts a chat with a malicious user it could result in a Zoom application crash.
- 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.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
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.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.