CVE-2023-6123
Published: 15 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-6123 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Opentext Alm Octane. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 33.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58378
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization vulnerability affects OpenText ALM Octane version 16.2.100 and above. The vulnerability could result in a remote code execution attack.
- 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.
Enforces use of documented standards and tool configurations that address proper neutralization of inputs/outputs during development.
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.