What is CVE-2023-23849?

CVE-2023-23849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synopsys Coverity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-23849?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Synopsys Coverity

CVE-2023-23849

Versions of Coverity Connect prior to 2022.12.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Any web service hosted on the same sub domain can set a cookie for the whole subdomain which can be used to bypass other mitigations in place for malicious purposes. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Synopsys Coverity — versions < 2022.12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

disclosure@synopsys.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23849?: CVE-2023-23849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synopsys Coverity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-23849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.