CVE-2023-45471 — The QAD Search Server is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in vers

The QAD Search Server is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0.315 due to insufficient checks on indexes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new index and inject a malicious web script into its name,

01What is this vulnerability?

The QAD Search Server is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0.315 due to insufficient checks on indexes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new index and inject a malicious web script into its name, that will execute whenever a user accesses the search page.

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: 2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-12T14:46:00.549Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/itsAptx/CVE-2023-45471