# CVE-2023-5451: Cross-site scripting in Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center

> Reflected XSS in Forcepoint NGFW SMC Downloads feature allows attackers to execute scripts in user browsers, requiring the optional downloads feature to be enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hg6x-48fw-wrwv

## What is CVE-2023-5451?

CVE-2023-5451 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center , published on 4 Mar 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

Forcepoint
 NGFW Security Management Center Management Server has SMC Downloads 
optional feature to offer standalone Management Client downloads and ECA
 configuration downloads.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center (SMC Downloads feature) allows Reflected XSS.

This issue affects Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center : before 6.10.13, from 6.11.0 before 7.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5451?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-5451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5451 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5451 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center , published on 4 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Security Management Center . 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-2023-5451/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5451/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5451
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5451
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5451

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5451/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.