Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-37439

XSS in Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator ≤ 9.1.8

Published
22 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0038 31th percentile
Risk Priority 46 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-37439 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator could allow an authenticated remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator instance. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain and modify sensitive information…

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in the underlying database potentially leading to the exposure and corruption of sensitive data controlled by the EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator host.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
T1552.004 Private Keys Credential Access
Adversaries may search for private key certificate files on compromised systems for insecurely stored credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-37423Same product: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator
CVE-2023-37422Same product: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator
CVE-2023-37425Same product: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator
CVE-2023-37421Same product: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator
CVE-2023-25593Same vendor: Arubanetworks
CVE-2023-35978Same vendor: Arubanetworks
CVE-2023-35971Same vendor: Arubanetworks
CVE-2023-22778Same vendor: Arubanetworks
CVE-2023-43509Same vendor: Arubanetworks
CVE-2023-25592Same vendor: Arubanetworks

Affected Assets

arubanetworks
edgeconnect sd-wan orchestrator
9.3.0 · ≤ 9.1.8 · 9.2.0 — 9.2.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 3 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.2
  • V1.3.2

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-922

Tracking information locations and access supports secure storage practices instead of insecure ones.

addresses: CWE-922

Establishing an alternate site with equivalent protections directly mitigates insecure storage of sensitive backup information.

addresses: CWE-922

Requiring protection of backup information directly addresses insecure storage of sensitive data in backups.

addresses: CWE-922

Policy explicitly addresses insecure storage of CUI on external systems, requiring compliant handling and protections.

addresses: CWE-922

Proper categorization drives selection of storage controls that keep sensitive information from being stored insecurely.

addresses: CWE-922

The control explicitly requires secure storage mechanisms for sensitive information, closing the insecure-storage weakness class.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Enforces least-privilege permissions and authorization reviews that limit read/write access to stored sensitive data.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Directly protects data-at-rest confidentiality via encryption or access controls that prevent unauthorized reads.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly target introduction of XSS via coding standards/testing (mostly), yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors unaddressed (partial).

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching and EOL replacement can remediate known XSS instances in libraries or frameworks (partial) but do nothing to enforce input neutralization in application code (none).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Secure-coding testing and automated code-analysis tools are applied to detect improper neutralization of script-related content during web-page generation.

prevents

Knowledge exchange on emerging attack techniques and patches reduces the likelihood that cross-site scripting flaws remain unaddressed in deployed applications.

prevents

Operational indicators of compromise for web-application attacks can be incorporated into WAF or input-filtering rules, lowering the likelihood that unsanitized data reaches the browser.

prevents

Requiring language-specific secure-coding standards and automated scanning during the SDLC catches missing output encoding or improper neutralization of untrusted data before the software reaches production.

prevents

Secure-coding standards, SAST scans and removal of insecure code samples together eliminate the failure to neutralize script content that produces cross-site scripting flaws.

mitigates

Secure reuse and disposal procedures, including cryptographic wiping and physical destruction, stop the insecure storage of sensitive data on media that may later be accessed by unauthorized actors.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Windows Server 2016 (2 rules)
  • V-224973 The Active Directory Domain Controllers Organizational Unit (OU) object must have the proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-922
  • V-224974 Domain-created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-922
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
  • V-205743 Windows Server 2019 organization created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-922

References