Cross-site scripting in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection - CVE-2023-5770

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Cross-site scripting in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection - CVE-2023-5770

Published: January 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85270
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5770
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection
Software vendor:
Proofpoint

Description

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 in the email delivery agent. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website via a specially crafted subject.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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