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TI-2023-03885 Aliases CVE-2023-4196GHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in cockpit-hq/cockpit

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.6.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00471 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed cockpit-hq/cockpit (cockpit-hq): 2.6.3cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist): 2.6.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cockpit-hqcockpit-hq/cockpitbefore 2.6.32.6.3Patch availableCNA
—cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist)before 2.6.32.6.3Patch availableGHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw
  • cockpit-hq/cockpit Vendorcockpit-hq Affected before 2.6.3 Fixed in 2.6.3 Patch available CNA
  • cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.3 Fixed in 2.6.3 Patch available GHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.6.3Vulnerablecockpit-hq
  • cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.6.3 Vulnerable ·cockpit-hq

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cockpit-hq/cockpit (cockpit-hq) Fixed in 2.6.3
  • Fix · GHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist) Fixed in 2.6.3 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    cockpit-hq/cockpit 2.6.3

    2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-03884 PHP Remote File Inclusion in cockpit-hq/cockpitPriority HIGH 71
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2020-18291 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php resetpassword function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18290 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php check function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02511 Insufficient Session Expiration in cockpit-hq/cockpit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18292 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php newpassword function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-19207 A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the Admin portal of Cockpit CMS v2.5.2 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01240 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in cockpit-hq/cockpit CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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