PT-2023-29206 · Cockpit · Cockpit

Aheinze · Published 2023-08-18 · Updated 2023-08-23 · CVE-2023-4432

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cockpit versions prior to 2.6.4

Description The issue is related to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in the GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit. This type of attack occurs when an application includes user input in its response without properly validating or encoding it, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.4, update to version 2.6.4 or later, which includes the patch for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4432

GHSA-RMGX-3W4R-XCFP

Affected Products

Cockpit

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4432.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/69684663-6822-41ff-aa05-afbdb8f5268f · Exploit
• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/2a93d391fbd2dd9e730f65d43b29beb65903d195 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4432 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rmgx-3w4r-xcfp · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1692713998259536247 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1692774305149394966 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56908 · Telegram Post