Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-4203

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 08 August 2023

Published
08 August 2023
Modified
13 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0086 75.4th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-4203 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Advantech Eki-1524 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Advantech EKI-1524, EKI-1522, EKI-1521 devices through 1.21 are affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, which can be triggered by authenticated users in the ping tool of the web-interface.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

advantech
eki-1524 firmware
≤ 1.24
advantech
eki-1522 firmware
≤ 1.24
advantech
eki-1521 firmware
≤ 1.24

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.

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

References