CVE-2023-0044 Cross-site Scripting in Quarkus

What is CVE-2023-0044?

CVE-2023-0044 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in quarkus-vertx-http, published on 23 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

If the Quarkus Form Authentication session cookie Path attribute is set to `/` then a cross-site attack may be initiated which might lead to the Information Disclosure. This attack can be prevented with the Quarkus CSRF Prevention feature.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0044?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http. It affects 2 products.

Products include Quarkus Quarkus, Redhat Build of Quarkus.

How do I fix CVE-2023-0044?

Upgrade io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http to 2.13.7.Final or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-0044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in quarkus-vertx-http

• CVE-2022-4116 Code injection in quarkus dev ui config editor Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-2466 Quarkus does not terminate HTTP requests header context Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-12225 Io.quarkus:quarkus-security-webauthn: quarkus webauthn unexpected authentication bypass Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-39852 Quarkus authorization bypass via semicolon path normalization inconsistency High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0981 Privilege escalation in quarkus High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c57v-hc7m-8px2.