CVE-2023-25831 BUG-000154236 There is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Portal for ArcGIS.

What is CVE-2023-25831?

CVE-2023-25831 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 9 May 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

There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9.1and below which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create a crafted link which when clicked could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim’s browser.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25831?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Esri Portal for Arcgis.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25831?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2023-25831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Esri Portal for Arcgis

• CVE-2024-25693 Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability. Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-13019 Missing Authentication Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33518 Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33519 Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-2538 BUG-000174336 Critical 9.8

All Esri Portal for Arcgis vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-xjqr-jw8j-hv44.