CVE-2023-38883
Published: 20 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38883 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Os4Ed Opensis. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42650
Vulnerability details
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Community Edition version 9.0 of OS4ED's openSIS Classic allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload into the 'ajax' parameter in…
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'ParentLookup.php'.
- 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.