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Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2023-4196 json

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

published 2023-08-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrw , EUVD-2023-2368

cvss
8.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • packagist cockpit-hq/cockpit 2.6.3
  • cockpit-hq cockpit-hq/cockpit 2.6.3
  • cockpit-hq cockpit 2.6.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/c275a2d4-721f-49f7-8787-b146af2056a0 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.0 8.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist cockpit-hq/cockpit
<2.6.3
2.6.3

Affected products

  • cockpit-hq cockpit-hq/cockpit
  • cockpit-hq cockpit

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.