CVE-2023-26847

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Published Apr 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenCATS v0.9.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the state parameter at opencats/index.php?m=candidates.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opencats:opencats:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-30639	A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenCATS v0.9.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the state parameter at opencats/index.php?m=candidates.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.429% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cassis-sec/CVE/tree/main/2023/CVE-2023-26847
https://opencats.org

History

Feb 11, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Opencats Opencats

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 11, 2025, 4:01 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 11, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 11, 2025, 4:01 PM
Reserved: Feb 27, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 11:53 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 11:53 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:43 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 11, 2023, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:43 AM

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