CVE-2023-21572

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?

The user would need to click on a specially crafted URL that could present a popup box requesting additional user input.

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?

Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?

A user could be tricked into entering credentials or responding to a pop up after opening a specially crafted file or clicking on a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or URL.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of integrity (I:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?

The user would need to access the URL of the malicious website, which could spoof the content of a legitimate website, and then click a popup displayed on that site.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of confidentiality (C:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?

Information in the victim's browser associated with the vulnerable URL can be read by the malicious JavaScript code and sent to the attacker.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of availability (A:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?

The attacker cannot fully deny service availability across all infrastructure, hence low effect on availability.