CVE-2023-38758
Published: 08 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38758 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wger Workout Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-0283
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in wger Project wger Workout Manager v.2.2.0a3 allows a remote attacker to gain privileges via the license_author field in the add-ingredient function in the templates/ingredients/view.html, models/ingredients.py, and views/ingredients.py 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.