# CVE-2023-1860: Keysight IXIA Hawkeye licenses cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts via the view parameter in Keysight IXIA Hawkeye licenses page, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxc7-vgcm-5grf

## What is CVE-2023-1860?

CVE-2023-1860 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Keysight IXIA Hawkeye, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Keysight IXIA Hawkeye 3.3.16.28. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /licenses. The manipulation of the argument view with the input teste"><script>alert(%27c4ng4c3ir0%27)</script> leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-224998 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: Vendor did not respond if and how they may handle this issue.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1860?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Keysight Hawkeye.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1860 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1860 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Keysight IXIA Hawkeye, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Keysight IXIA Hawkeye. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1860/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1860/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1860
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1860
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1860

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1860/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.