PT-2023-29021 · Unknown · October Cms

Romanhu · Published 2023-09-28 · Updated 2023-09-29 · CVE-2023-43876

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions October CMS version 3.4.16

Description A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the installer of October CMS allows an attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via a crafted payload injected into the dbhost field.

Recommendations For version 3.4.16, consider disabling the installer until a patch is available to prevent exploitation of the XSS vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input for the dbhost field to minimize the risk of arbitrary web script execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-43876

GHSA-2G8P-J2R6-VQPJ

Affected Products

October Cms

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/sromanhu/CVE-2023-43876-October-CMS-Reflected-XSS---Installation/issues/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/sromanhu/October-CMS-Reflected-XSS---Installation/blob/main/README.md · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43876 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43876 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2g8p-j2r6-vqpj · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/octobercms/install · Note
• https://github.com/octobercms/install/commit/ef1225b5596b7c2eb5ca3aa700a23e9f8acf387b · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1707440138530218041 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71193 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/58710 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1707398601352286455 · Twitter Post