What is CVE-2023-5118?

CVE-2023-5118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Capture, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-5118?

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

Is CVE-2023-5118 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Kofax Capture

CVE-2023-5118

The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability was identified in the function for adding new annotations while editing document content. Reporters inform that the vulnerability has been removed in software versions above 11.1.x. Previous versions may also be vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Kofax Capture — versions 11.0.0
Tungstenautomation Kofax_capture

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cvd@cert.pl (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cvd@cert.pl (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5118?: CVE-2023-5118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Capture, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-5118?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5118 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.