CVE-2023-48642 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

An authenticated user can inject malicious HTML into Archer Platform, leading to code execution in victim browsers and potential account takeover.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2023-48642?

CVE-2023-48642 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Archer Platform 6.x before 6.13 P2 (6.13.0.2) contains an authenticated HTML content injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious Archer user could potentially exploit this to store malicious HTML code in a trusted application data store. When victim users access the data store through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application. 6.14 (6.14.0) is also a fixed release.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48642?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Archerirm Archer.

How do I fix CVE-2023-48642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-48642 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-2023-48642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-66qm-3q49-g6g2.

Is CVE-2023-48642 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free