What is CVE-2023-23408?

CVE-2023-23408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-23408?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

XSS in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight

CVE-2023-23408

Azure Apache Ambari Spoofing Vulnerability

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Azure Hdinsight — versions 1.0
Microsoft Azure Hdinsight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23408 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23408?: CVE-2023-23408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-23408?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.