What is CVE-2023-27008?

CVE-2023-27008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-27008?

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

Is CVE-2023-27008 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Atutor

CVE-2023-27008

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the function encrypt_password() in login.tmpl.php in ATutor 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the token parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atutor — versions 2.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

plantplants213607121.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/atutor-2-2-1-cross-site-scripting… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27008?: CVE-2023-27008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-27008?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-27008 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.