CVE-2023-4843 Cross-site scripting in Pega Platform
Authenticated administrators can inject HTML into Visual Business Director name fields, potentially leading to script execution or security bypass.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4843?
CVE-2023-4843 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Pegasystems Pega Platform, published on 8 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Pega Platform versions 7.1 to 8.8.3 are affected by an HTML Injection issue with a name field utilized in Visual Business Director, however this field can only be modified by an authenticated administrative user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4843?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pega Pega Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4843?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4843 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-2023-4843 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4843 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pegasystems Pega Platform
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmp8-vc2x-6f9g.