CVE-2023-53931 Revive Adserver 5.4.1 Cross-Site Scripting via Banner Advanced Settings
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via banner settings, allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution when an admin views the page.
- 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-2023-53931?
CVE-2023-53931 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Revive Adserver 5.4.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the banner advanced configuration page that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts. Attackers can craft a malicious link to the banner-advanced.php endpoint with XSS payloads in prepend and append parameters to execute arbitrary JavaScript when an admin views the page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53931?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53931?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-53931 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-2023-53931 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-53931 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver
- CVE-2016-9124 Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2016-9125 Auth bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2017-5830 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2016-9470 Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0
- CVE-2026-50741 Code injection in Adserver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-28vr-gj58-jfm2.