Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-46134

Medium

Published: 25 October 2023

Published
25 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0218 84.7th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-46134 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Man D-Tale. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 15.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Data Processing Libraries; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: AI Supply Chain Compromise (AML.T0010), Exfiltration via AI Inference API (AML.T0024), External Harms (AML.T0048).

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

D-Tale is the combination of a Flask back-end and a React front-end to view & analyze Pandas data structures. Prior to version 3.7.0, users hosting D-Tale publicly can be vulnerable to remote code execution, allowing attackers to run malicious code…

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on the server. This issue has been patched in version 3.7.0 by turning off "Custom Filter" input by default. The only workaround for versions earlier than 3.7.0 is to only host D-Tale to trusted users.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Data Processing Libraries
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
D-Tale is a tool for viewing and analyzing Pandas data structures, where Pandas is a core data processing library commonly used in AI/ML data workflows.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

CVE-2023-46134 enables remote code execution on publicly hosted D-Tale servers via unsafe 'Custom Filter' input, directly facilitating exploitation of public-facing applications.

MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI

MITRE ATLAS techniques

AML.T0010: AI Supply Chain CompromiseAML.T0024: Exfiltration via AI Inference APIAML.T0048: External Harms

Affected Assets

man
d-tale
≤ 3.7.0

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.

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