CVE-2023-48679 Cross-site scripting in Acronis Cyber Protect 16

What is CVE-2023-48679?

CVE-2023-48679 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 27 Feb 2024. 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

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to missing origin validation in postMessage. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, Windows) before build 37391.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48679?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Acronis Cyber Protect.

How do I fix CVE-2023-48679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-48679 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-2023-48679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-30412 Auth bypass in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2025-30416 Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-28710 Auth bypass in Acronis Cyber Protect 17 High 8.1
• CVE-2021-44198 DLL hijacking could lead to local privilege escalation High 7.8

All Acronis Cyber Protect vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qqr3-c8vc-pm7v.