# CVE-2023-38723: Maximo Asset Management cross-site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the web interface, potentially stealing user credentials and altering functionality in IBM Maximo.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7f34-mhwx-wfg2

## What is CVE-2023-38723?

CVE-2023-38723 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Application Suite 7.6.1.3 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.  IBM X-Force ID:  262192.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38723?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo Application Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-38723?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38723 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-38723 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38723 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Asset Management

- [CVE-2025-36386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36386/): There is a vulnerability in the IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite for Cognos Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-27266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27266/): IBM Maximo Application Suite XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-2898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/): IBM Maximo Application Suite privilege escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22328/): IBM Maximo Application Suite information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43037/): IBM Maximo Application Suite improper access control (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38723 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-38723 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38723 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo Asset 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-2023-38723/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38723/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38723
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38723
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38723

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