CVE-2023-36800

FAQ

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

The vulnerability is in the web server, but the malicious scripts execute in the victim’s browser on their machine.

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

The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker.

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 attacker is only able to modify the content of the vulnerable link to redirect the victim to a malicious site.

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, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to total loss of confidentiality (C:H)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?

There could be a loss of confidentiality if an unaware user clicked on a popup therefore creating an opportunity for an attacker to retrieve cookies or present the user with a dialog box to enter user credentials.