CVE-2023-4843

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Published Sep 8, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Pega Platform versions 7.1 to 8.8.3 are affected by an HTML Injection issue with a name field utilized in Visual Business Director, however this field can only be modified by an authenticated administrative user.

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

Pegasystems

Pega Platform

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.1`	affected	< 8.8.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pega:pega_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-54684	Pega Platform versions 7.1 to 8.8.3 are affected by an HTML Injection issue with a name field utilized in Visual Business Director, however this field can only be modified by an authenticated administrative user.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.341% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.pega.com/support-doc/pega-security-advisory-%E2%80%93-d23-vulnerability-remediation-note?

History

Sep 25, 2024 8:30 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

Pega Pega Platform

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 25, 2024, 8:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Pega
Published: Sep 8, 2023, 4:06 PM
Updated: Sep 25, 2024, 8:06 PM
Reserved: Sep 8, 2023, 3:15 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 8, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

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