html on Go Text Node cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in html on Go and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Text Node Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-3978. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in html on Go (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Text Node Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

The weakness was presented 08/02/2023. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-3978 since 07/27/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212527 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2024:4011-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212527) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-1938). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Manager
  • Golang Go
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212527
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2024:4011-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

07/27/2023 🔍
08/02/2023 +6 days 🔍
08/02/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2025 +851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-3978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235973
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2023-1938 - Golang Go: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2023 22:49
Updated: 11/30/2025 14:18
Changes: 08/02/2023 22:49 (37), 12/12/2024 22:57 (17), 04/24/2025 15:11 (3), 11/30/2025 14:18 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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