# CVE-2023-28025: An HTML injection vulnerability can affect HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management

> A Master operator can inject SVG tags to trigger stored XSS, potentially stealing cookies and compromising user sessions in HCL BigFix Mobile.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5c4j-jvmg-2xq2

## What is CVE-2023-28025?

CVE-2023-28025 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to this vulnerability, the Master operator could potentially incorporate an SVG tag into HTML, leading to an alert pop-up displaying a cookie. To mitigate stored XSS vulnerabilities, a preventive measure involves thoroughly sanitizing and validating all user inputs before they are processed and stored in the server storage.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28025?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Modern Client Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28025?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28025 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28025 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management. 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-2023-28025/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28025/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28025
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28025
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28025

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28025/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.