Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-37520

High

Published: 21 December 2023

Published
21 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-37520 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix Platform. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified in BigFix Server version 9.5.12.68, allowing for potential data exfiltration. This XSS vulnerability is in the Gather Status Report, which is served by the BigFix Relay.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

hcltech
bigfix platform
11.0.0 · 9.5 — 9.5.23 · 10.0.0 — 10.0.10

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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