Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-32670

Critical

Published: 03 October 2023

Published
03 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 40.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-32670 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Buddyboss Buddyboss. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in BuddyBoss 2.2.9 version , which could allow a local attacker with basic privileges to execute a malicious payload through the "[name]=image.jpg" parameter, allowing to assign a persistent javascript payload that would be triggered when the associated…

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image is loaded.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

buddyboss
buddyboss
2.2.9

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.

References