CVE-2023-23956 (GCVE-0-2023-23956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-30 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-14 16:31
VLAI
Summary
A user can supply malicious HTML and JavaScript code that will be executed in the client browser
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Cross-Site Scripting
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Symantec SiteMinder WebAgent Affected: 12.5.2
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