CVE-2023-6313
Published: 27 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-6313 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Url Shortener Project Url Shortener. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.2th 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-2023-58555
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester URL Shortener 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Long URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be…
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launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-246139.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS vulnerability in public-facing URL shortener enables exploitation of web applications (T1190) and facilitates malicious JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007).
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.