# CVE-2023-32670: BuddyBoss XSS vulnerability

> A local attacker with basic privileges can inject persistent JavaScript via an image parameter, leading to code execution when the image is loaded.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 3 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxv7-7h44-6g5h

## What is CVE-2023-32670?

CVE-2023-32670 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in BuddyBoss, published on 3 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

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability 

in BuddyBoss 2.2.9 version

, which could allow a local attacker with basic privileges to execute a malicious payload through the "[name]=image.jpg" parameter, allowing to assign a persistent javascript payload that would be triggered when the associated image is loaded.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32670?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Buddyboss Buddyboss.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32670?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32670 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-32670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BuddyBoss

- [CVE-2023-32671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32671/): BuddyBoss XSS vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-32669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32669/): Authorization Bypass on BuddyBoss (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-43334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43334/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-4750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4750/): BuddyBoss Platform < 2.6.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference on Like Comment (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2021-44692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44692/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32670 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32670 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in BuddyBoss, published on 3 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-2023-32670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BuddyBoss. 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-2023-32670/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32670/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32670
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32670
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32670

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32670/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.