What is CVE-2023-32536?

CVE-2023-32536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex Central, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-32536?

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

XSS in Trendmicro Apex Central

CVE-2023-32536

Affected versions Trend Micro Apex Central (on-premise) are vulnerable to potential authenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to user input validation and sanitization issues. Please note: an attacker must first obtain authentication to Apex Central on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is similar to, but not identical to CVE-2023-32537.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-06-26 · 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: 0.003 (23.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Trendmicro Apex Central — versions 2019
Trend Micro, Inc. Micro Apex Central — versions 2019 (8.0)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000293107 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32536?: CVE-2023-32536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex Central, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-32536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.