Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Racktables v0.22.0 and before, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and o…

published 2024-03-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53414

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Racktables v0.22.0 and before, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information via the search component in index.php.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-49453 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 7.8

racktables: XSS vulnerability allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-03-13)

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

nitipoom-jar.github.io https://nitipoom-jar.github.io/CVE-2023-49453/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

dedecms dedecms

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

nitipoom-jar.github.io /CVE-2023-49453/
exploit, third-party-advisory
nitipoom-jaroonchaipipat.github.io /security-research-portal/2023-49453

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-49453
NVD CVE-2023-49453

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Summary