Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in hestiacp/hestiacp
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.8.8.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00458 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed hestiacp/hestiacp (hestiacp): 1.8.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hestiacp/hestiacp (hestiacp) Fixed in 1.8.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5084
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8c4-rhfw-rcpw
References
More Hestiacp vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04169 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in hestiacp/hestiacp CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2021-10649 An issue was discovered in HestiaCP before v1.3.5. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-5084 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5084 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g8c4-rhfw-rcpw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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