CVE-2023-7166
Novel-Plus HTTP POST Request updateUserInfo cross site scripting
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Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Novel-Plus up to 4.2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /user/updateUserInfo of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument nickName leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is c62da9bb3a9b3603014d0edb436146512631100d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-249201 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Novel-Plus
- affected 4.0
- affected 4.1
- affected 4.2
References (4)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.249201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249201 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/JTZ-a/SRC/blob/master/novel-plus/storedXSS/en-us.md (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus/commit/c62da9bb3a9b3603014d0edb436146512631100d (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- 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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