What is CVE-2023-36881?

CVE-2023-36881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-36881?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

XSS in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight

CVE-2023-36881

Azure Apache Ambari Spoofing Vulnerability

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-08-08 · last modified 2026-08-10.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Azure Hdinsight — versions 1.0
Microsoft Azure Hdinsight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36881 (vendor-advisory, Patch, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-36881?: CVE-2023-36881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2023-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-36881?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.