What is CVE-2023-53155?

CVE-2023-53155 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-53155?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-53155 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Embedthis Goahead

CVE-2023-53155

goform/formTest in EmbedThis GoAhead 2.5 allows HTML injection via the name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Embedthis Goahead — versions 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51762

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53155?: CVE-2023-53155 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-53155?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-53155 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.