Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-4864

LowPublic PoC

Published: 09 September 2023

Published
09 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0030 53.6th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-4864 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Take-Note App Project Take-Note App. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.4% 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

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Take-Note App 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument noteContent with the input <script>alert('xss')</script> leads to cross site scripting. It is…

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possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-239349 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

take-note app project
take-note app
1.0

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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