CVE-2023-4090 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability on WideStand CMS of Acilia
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in WideStand CMS meta tags, potentially compromising user sessions.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4090?
CVE-2023-4090 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Acilia Widestand CMS, published on 4 Oct 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
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) reflected vulnerability on WideStand until 5.3.5 version, which generates one of the meta tags directly using the content of the queried URL, which would allow an attacker to inject HTML/Javascript code into the response.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4090?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acilia Widestand.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4090?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4090 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-2023-4090 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4090 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vxv-fw7p-f2ph.