CVE-2023-42808 Common Voice Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of Mozilla Common Voice via reflected XSS, 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-2023-42808?
CVE-2023-42808 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla common-voice, 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
Common Voice is the web app for Mozilla Common Voice, a platform for collecting speech donations in order to create public domain datasets for training voice recognition-related tools. Version 1.88.2 is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting given that user-controlled data flows to a path expression (path of a network request). This issue may lead to reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the context of Common Voice’s server origin. As of time of publication, it is unknown whether any patches or workarounds exist.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42808?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Common Voice.
How do I fix CVE-2023-42808?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42808 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-2023-42808 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-42808 exists.