CVE-2023-4492 Easy Address Book Web Server XSS vulnerability
An attacker can inject JavaScript payloads into address book fields, leading to script execution when the application is loaded.
- 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-2023-4492?
CVE-2023-4492 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in EFS Software Easy Address Book Web Server, 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
Vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, affecting the parameters (firstname, homephone, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate and workzip) of the /addrbook.ghp file, allowing an attacker to inject a JavaScript payload specially designed to run when the application is loaded
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4492?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Easy Address Book Web Server Project Easy Address Book Web Server.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4492?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4492 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-2023-4492 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4492 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in EFS Software Easy Address Book Web Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cfm-vj7w-48fq.