# CVE-2023-50712: Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax in iris-web

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into iris-web, leading to data theft or account takeover when victims visit affected pages.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/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:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-593r-747g-p92p

## What is CVE-2023-50712?

CVE-2023-50712 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dfir-iris iris-web, published on 22 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

Iris is a web collaborative platform aiming to help incident responders sharing technical details during investigations. A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in iris-web, affecting multiple locations in versions prior to v2.3.7. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the application, which could then be executed when a user visits the affected locations. This could lead to unauthorized access, data theft, or other related malicious activities. An attacker need to be authenticated on the application to exploit this vulnerability. The issue is fixed in version v2.3.7 of iris-web. No known workarounds are available.

Weakness: CWE-87 (Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50712?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dfir-Iris Iris.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in dfir-iris iris-web

- [CVE-2026-22783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22783/): Iris Allows Arbitrary File Deletion via Mass Assignment in Datastore File Management (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-25624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25624/): iris-web vulnerable to Server Side Template Injection in reports (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-30615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30615/): Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in iris-web (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-25640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25640/): Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax in iris-web (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50712 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50712 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dfir-iris iris-web, published on 22 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-2023-50712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: dfir-iris iris-web. 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-2023-50712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50712/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50712
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50712
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50712

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50712/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.