CVE-2023-6296
Published: 26 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-6296 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Oscommerce Oscommerce. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 29.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58538
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in osCommerce 4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /catalog/compare of the component Instant Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument compare with the input…
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40dz4iq"><script>alert(1)</script>zohkx leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. VDB-246122 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- 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.