What is CVE-2023-37798?

CVE-2023-37798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-37798?

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

XSS in Vanderbilt Redcap

CVE-2023-37798

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the new REDCap project creation function of Vanderbilt REDCap 13.1.35 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the project title parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-09-07 · last modified 2026-07-09.

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: 0.004 (32.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.0% 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: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Vanderbilt Redcap

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product)
www.cyderes.com/blog/cve-2023-37798-stored-cross-site-scripting-in-vanderbilt-r… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37798?: CVE-2023-37798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-37798?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.