Cross-site scripting in Ansible Automation Platform - CVE-2023-3971
Published: August 2, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78883
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3971
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in custom login info within automation controller. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Affected software
Ansible Automation Platform
aap-metrics-utility (Red Hat package)
receptor (Red Hat package)
automation-controller (Red Hat package)
aap-metrics-utility (Red Hat package)
receptor (Red Hat package)
automation-controller (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2023-3971
Install updates from vendor's website.
aap-metrics-utility (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.0.1-1.el8ap, 0.0.1-1.el9ap
receptor (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.4.1-1.el8ap, 1.4.1-1.el9ap
automation-controller (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.3.11-1.el8ap, 4.3.11-1.el9ap, 4.4.1-1.el8ap, 4.4.1-1.el9ap
receptor (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.4.1-1.el8ap, 1.4.1-1.el9ap
automation-controller (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.3.11-1.el8ap, 4.3.11-1.el9ap, 4.4.1-1.el8ap, 4.4.1-1.el9ap