CVE-2023-28705 Openfind Mail2000 - XSS (Reflected Cross-site scripting)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers via malicious emails, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-28705?
CVE-2023-28705 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Openfind Mail2000, published on 2 Jun 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
Openfind Mail2000 has insufficient filtering special characters of email content of its content filtering function. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability using phishing emails that contain malicious web pages injected with JavaScript. When users access the system and open the email, it triggers an XSS (Reflected Cross-site scripting) attack.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28705?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openfind Mail2000.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28705?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28705 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-2023-28705 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28705 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openfind Mail2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j58m-53vx-hhw8.