THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-23956
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2023-23956

Symantec Siteminder Webagent vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
A user can supply malicious HTML and JavaScript code that will be executed in the client browser
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Symantec Siteminder Webagent
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2023-05-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-23956

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Symantec Siteminder Webagent is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-23956.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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