CVE-2023-37798 — A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the new REDCap project crea

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the new REDCap project creation function of Vanderbilt REDCap 13.1.35 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the project title parameter.

01What is this vulnerability?

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the new REDCap project creation function of Vanderbilt REDCap 13.1.35 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the project title parameter.

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: 2023-09-07T19:15:47.510
• Last modified: 2026-07-09T01:18:31.877

09References

• www.cyderes.com — https://www.cyderes.com/blog/cve-2023-37798-stored-cross-site-scripting-in-vande…
• www.cyderes.com — https://www.cyderes.com/blog/cve-2023-37798-stored-cross-site-scripting-in-vande…