CVE-2023-4802
Published: 13 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-4802 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 47.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54646
Vulnerability details
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the UpdateInstalledSoftware endpoint of the Insider Threat Management (ITM) Server's web console could be used by an authenticated administrator to run arbitrary javascript within another web console administrator's browser. All versions prior to 7.14.3.69…
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- 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.