CVE-2023-43191
Published: 27 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-43191 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jrecms Springbootcms. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 38.9th 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-2023-47610
Vulnerability details
SpringbootCMS 1.0 foreground message can be embedded malicious code saved in the database. When users browse the comments, these malicious codes embedded in the HTML will be executed, and the user's browser will be controlled by the attacker, so as…
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to achieve the special purpose of the attacker, such as cookie theft
- 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.