ESRI Portal for ArcGIS up to 11.0 Link cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ESRI Portal for ArcGIS up to 11.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Link Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-25833. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ESRI Portal for ArcGIS up to 11.0. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

There is an HTML injection vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.0 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to create a crafted link which when clicked could render arbitrary HTML in the victim’s browser (no stateful change made or customer data rendered).

The weakness was shared 05/10/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.esri.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-25833 since 02/15/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-29721). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/15/2023 🔍
05/10/2023 +83 days 🔍
05/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/02/2025 +907 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.esri.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-25833 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-25833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228539
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2023 06:58
Updated: 11/02/2025 15:07
Changes: 05/10/2023 06:58 (48), 11/02/2025 15:07 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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