CVE-2023-31779
Published: 22 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-31779 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wekan Project Wekan. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-36070
Vulnerability details
Wekan v6.84 and earlier is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). An attacker with user privilege on kanban board can insert JavaScript code in in "Reaction to comment" feature.
- 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.