CVE-2023-33780 — A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TFDi Design smartCARS 3 v0

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TFDi Design smartCARS 3 v0.7.0 and below allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the body of news article.

01What is this vulnerability?

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TFDi Design smartCARS 3 v0.7.0 and below allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the body of news article.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-26T17:15:18.680
• Last modified: 2026-06-17T06:02:16.857

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/invernyx/smartcars-3-bugs/security/advisories/GHSA-hx8p-f8h7-…
• github.com — https://github.com/invernyx/smartcars-3-bugs/security/advisories/GHSA-hx8p-f8h7-…