CVE-2023-6838
Reflected XSS vulnerability can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Authentication Endpoint. This can be performed in both…
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- WSO2
Description
Reflected XSS vulnerability can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Authentication Endpoint. This can be performed in both authenticated and unauthenticated requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By WSO2
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSO2CNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- unknown < 3.1.0.0
- affected 3.1.0.0 – < 3.1.0.14
- affected 3.2.0.0 – < 3.2.0.10
- unknown < 5.10.0.0
- affected 5.10.0.0 – < 5.10.0.5
- unknown < 5.10.0.0
- affected 5.10.0.0 – < 5.10.0.5
What to do
Solution: For WSO2 Subscription holders, the recommended solution is to apply the provided patch/update to the affected versions of the products. If there are any instructions given with the patch/update, please make sure those are followed properly. Community users may apply the relevant fixes to the product based on the public fix(s) advertised in https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2020-1... https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2020-1233/
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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