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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 12 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66qm-3q49-g6g2

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48642?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-48642 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-45358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45358/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-32761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32761/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-32760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32760/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-48641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48641/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-32759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32759/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-48642 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-48642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48642/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48642
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48642
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48642

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48642/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.