CVE-2023-36306
Published: 08 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-36306 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Adiscon Loganalyzer. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-36306 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) present in Adiscon LogAnalyzer through version 4.1.13. The flaw affects the asktheoracle.php, details.php, index.php, search.php, export.php, reports.php, and statistics.php components and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1.
A remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network without authentication by supplying crafted input that is reflected back to a victim user. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary script code in the victim's browser, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity within a changed security context.
Public exploit code for the vulnerability has been published, and the associated EPSS score has reached a peak of 0.0772. No vendor advisory or patch information is referenced in the available sources.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-40276
Vulnerability details
A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adiscon Aiscon LogAnalyzer through 4.1.13 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the asktheoracle.php, details.php, index.php, search.php, export.php, reports.php, and statistics.php components.
- 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.