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CVE-2023-5118

MEDIUM
Published 2024-01-11T15:23:44.745Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.203
Higher than 20.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability was identified in the function for adding new annotations while editing document content.

Reporters inform that the vulnerability has been removed in software versions above 11.1.x. Previous versions may also be vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Kofax

Capture

Affected Versions:

11.0.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-hqv4-427w-6698

Advisory Details

The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability was identified in the function for adding new annotations while editing document content. Reporters inform that the vulnerability has been removed in software versions above 11.1.x. Previous versions may also be vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5118
WEB https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118
WEB https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 11, 2024, Modified: January 11, 2024

References

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118/
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118/
Published: 2024-01-11T15:23:44.745Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.914Z
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