Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-45740

Medium

Published: 26 December 2023

Published
26 December 2023
Modified
23 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0045 64.2th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-45740 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Weseek Growi. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing profile images exists in GROWI versions prior to v4.1.3. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who accessed the site using the product.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

weseek
growi
≤ 4.1.3

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