CVE-2023-34831
Published: 29 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-34831 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Odysseycs Ithacalabs Turnitin Lti. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 25.7% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38872
Vulnerability details
The "Submission Web Form" of Turnitin LTI tool/plugin version 1.3 is affected by HTML Injection attacks. The security issue affects the submission web form ("id" and "title" HTTP POST parameters) where the students submit their reports for similarity/plagiarism checks.
- 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.