Cross-site scripting in Nunjucks - CVE-2023-2142
Published: October 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81884
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2142
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Nunjucks
Fedora
workrave
IBM QRadar Use Case Manager
Fedora
workrave
IBM QRadar Use Case Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2023-2142
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nunjucks - update to 3.2.4
workrave - addressed in versions 1.10.53-1.el8, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.el9, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc40, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc41, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc42
IBM QRadar Use Case Manager - update to 3.8.0
workrave - addressed in versions 1.10.53-1.el8, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.el9, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc40, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc41, 1.11.0~rc.1-1.fc42
IBM QRadar Use Case Manager - update to 3.8.0