What is CVE-2023-24181?

CVE-2023-24181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openwrt Luci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-24181?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Openwrt Luci

CVE-2023-24181

LuCI openwrt-22.03 branch git-22.361.69894-438c598 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /openvpn/pageswitch.htm.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Openwrt Luci — versions 22.03.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/25983b9fa572a640a7ecd077378df2790266cd61 (Patch)
github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/749268a2cad4a08722e30f66a578e254885f450f (Patch)
github.com/ABB-EL/external-vulnerability-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-9… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24181?: CVE-2023-24181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openwrt Luci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-24181?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.