CVE-2023-43339 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cmsmadesimple v

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cmsmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload injected into the Database Name, DataBase User or Database Port components.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cmsmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload injected into the Database Name, DataBase User or Database Port components.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-24T15:58:07.857Z

09References

• www.cmsmadesimple.org — http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
• github.com — https://github.com/sromanhu/Cmsmadesimple-CMS-Stored-XSS/blob/main/README.md
• github.com — https://github.com/sromanhu/CVE-2023-43339-CMSmadesimple-Reflected-XSS---Install…