CVE-2023-6710 (GCVE-0-2023-6710)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-12 22:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 01:24
VLAI?
Summary
A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1316 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1317 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2387 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6710 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254128 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:1.3.20-3.el8jbcs , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
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    Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Unaffected: 0:1.3.20-3.el7jbcs , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:1.3.20-1.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Text-Only JBCS     cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1
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    Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Core Services     cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Mohamed Mounir Boudjema (Intervalle-Technologies) for reporting this issue.
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