What is CVE-2023-46998?

CVE-2023-46998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootboxjs Bootbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-46998?

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

Is CVE-2023-46998 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Bootboxjs Bootbox

CVE-2023-46998

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in BootBox Bootbox.js v.3.2 through 6.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to alert(), confirm(), prompt() functions.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-11-07 · 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: 0.014 (72.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bootboxjs Bootbox

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/bootboxjs/bootbox/issues/661 (Issue Tracking)
github.com/soy-oreocato/CVE-2023-46998/ (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46998?: CVE-2023-46998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootboxjs Bootbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-46998?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46998 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.