What is CVE-2023-23707?

CVE-2023-23707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awsm Embed Any Document, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-23707?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-23707 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Awsm Embed Any Document

CVE-2023-23707

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Awsm Innovations Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files allows Stored XSS via upload of SVG and HTML files. This issue affects Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin <= 2.7.1 versions.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Awsm Embed_any_document
Awsm Innovations Embed Any Document – Pdf, Word, Powerpoint And Excel Files — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

audit@patchstack.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23707?: CVE-2023-23707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awsm Embed Any Document, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-23707?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-23707 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.