# CVE-2023-43790: iTop vulnerable to XSS in friendlyname in object details

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into object friendlyname fields in iTop, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-96xm-p83r-hm97

## What is CVE-2023-43790?

CVE-2023-43790 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Combodo Itop, published on 15 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

iTop is an IT service management platform.  By manipulating HTTP queries, a user can inject malicious content in the fields used for the object friendlyname value. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.1 and 3.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43790?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Combodo Itop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43790?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-43790 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Combodo Itop

- [CVE-2023-48710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48710/): iTop limit pages/exec.php script to PHP files (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-39214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39214/): Authenticated users of Combodo iTop can take over any account (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2021-41161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41161/): XSS in csvimport in 3.0.0-beta versions (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-41162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41162/): Cross-site Scripting in Combodo iTop (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-47773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47773/): Combodo iTop has XSS vulnerability in /pages/ajax.render.php (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-43790 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43790 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Combodo Itop, published on 15 Apr 2024. 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-2023-43790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Combodo Itop. 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-2023-43790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43790/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43790
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43790
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43790

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43790/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.