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CVE-2023-40053 (GCVE-0-2023-40053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-06 03:23 – Updated: 2024-08-02 18:24
VLAI
Title
HTML injection Vulnerability in Serv-U 15.4
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 that allows an authenticated actor to insert content on the file share function feature of Serv-U, which could be used maliciously.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SolarWinds Serv-U Affected: 15.4 and previous versions
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Credits
Igor Souza
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