Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5582

XSS in Zzzcms 2.2.0

Public PoCXSS
Published
14 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0050 40th percentile
Risk Priority 32 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5582 is a low-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Zzzcms Zzzcms. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked at the 40th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ZZZCMS 2.2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Personal Profile Page. The manipulation leads to basic cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The…

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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-242147.

CWE(s)
CWE-80

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-45555Same product: Zzzcms Zzzcms
CVE-2023-45554Same product: Zzzcms Zzzcms
CVE-2023-5263Same product: Zzzcms Zzzcms
CVE-2025-58054Shared CWE-80
CVE-2025-12753Shared CWE-80
CVE-2024-10592Shared CWE-80
CVE-2025-33110Shared CWE-80
CVE-2024-34507Shared CWE-80
CVE-2025-23392Shared CWE-80
CVE-2023-1013Shared CWE-80

Affected Assets

zzzcms
zzzcms
2.2.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.3.1
  • V1.3.3
  • V1.3.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require output encoding and input validation that prevent basic XSS.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches unneutralized script tags before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent basic XSS.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for neutralization of script-related HTML tags.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping of <, >, & to block XSS.

A.8.23 Web filtering none match
none

Web filtering can block some reflected XSS payloads at the network edge.

References