# CVE-2023-26220: TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> A low-privileged attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Spotfire Library, potentially compromising user sessions or data upon interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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:** 10 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4rg-7c2h-6cqp

## What is CVE-2023-26220?

CVE-2023-26220 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Software Inc. Spotfire Analyst, published on 10 Oct 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

The Spotfire Library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s Spotfire Analyst and Spotfire Server contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with network access to execute a Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) on the affected system. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s Spotfire Analyst: versions 11.4.7 and below, versions 11.5.0, 11.6.0, 11.7.0, 11.8.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, and 12.0.4, versions 12.1.0 and 12.1.1 and Spotfire Server: versions 11.4.11 and below, versions 11.5.0, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.7.0, 11.8.0, 11.8.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, 12.0.4, and 12.0.5, versions 12.1.0 and 12.1.1.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26220?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Spotfire Analyst, Tibco Spotfire Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-26220?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-26220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Software Inc. Spotfire Analyst

- [CVE-2017-3181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3181/): SQL injection in Spotfire Analyst (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-5435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5435/): TIBCO Spotfire Product Family Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2025-3115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3115/): Spotfire Data Function Vulnerability (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-41558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41558/): TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2020-9416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9416/): TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-26220 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-26220 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Software Inc. Spotfire Analyst, published on 10 Oct 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-2023-26220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Software Inc. Spotfire Analyst. 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-2023-26220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26220/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26220
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26220
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26220

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26220/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.