# CVE-2023-32605: Cross-site scripting in Trend Micro Apex Central

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in Trend Micro Apex Central.

- **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:** 26 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-939h-q59x-2hgm

## What is CVE-2023-32605?

CVE-2023-32605 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 26 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

Affected versions Trend Micro Apex Central (on-premise) are vulnerable to potential authenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to user input validation and sanitization issues. 

Please note: an attacker must first obtain authentication to Apex Central on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

This is similar to, but not identical to CVE-2023-32604.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32605?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Apex Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32605?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32605 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-32605 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32605 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex Central

- [CVE-2022-26871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26871/): Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-69258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69258/): Code injection in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-49219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49219/): Deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-49220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49220/): Deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-52324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52324/): File upload in Trend Micro Apex Central (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32605 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32605 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 26 Jun 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-2023-32605 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Apex Central. 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-2023-32605/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32605/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32605
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32605
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32605

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32605/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.