CVE-2023-4174
Published: 06 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-4174 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Moosocial Moostore. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
A vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-4174 affects mooSocial mooStore version 3.1.6 and has been classified as problematic under CWE-79. It involves manipulation of an unspecified functionality that permits cross-site scripting, with the issue reachable over the network.
An attacker with low privileges can launch the attack remotely, though successful exploitation requires user interaction on the target side and produces only limited integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. References such as the PacketStorm advisory detail a proof-of-concept for the Social Commerce component but provide no information on official patches or mitigation steps. The associated EPSS scores have remained in a narrow band near 0.58 without a pronounced increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54053
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in mooSocial mooStore 3.1.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-236209 was assigned to…
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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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.