# CVE-2023-3641: khodakhah NodCMS POST Request blog-comment-4 cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the blog comment handler in NodCMS, potentially executing code in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p4h-vvm6-jfr2

## What is CVE-2023-3641?

CVE-2023-3641 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in khodakhah NodCMS, published on 12 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in khodakhah NodCMS 3.4.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /en/blog-comment-4 of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument comment_name/comment_content leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-233887.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3641?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nodcms Nodcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3641?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3641 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in khodakhah NodCMS

- [CVE-2016-20054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-20054/): Nodcms Cross Site Request Forgery via admin endpoints (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2020-20697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-20697/): NodCMS Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3641 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3641 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in khodakhah NodCMS, published on 12 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: khodakhah NodCMS. 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-2023-3641/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3641/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3641
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3641
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3641

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3641/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.