kalcaddle KodeExplorer 4.51 config/i18n/en/main.php APP_HOST cross site scripting

HistoryDiffrelatejsonxmlCTI

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.7	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in kalcaddle KodeExplorer 4.51. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file config/i18n/en/main.php. Such manipulation of the argument APP_HOST leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-49489. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kalcaddle KodeExplorer 4.51. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file config/i18n/en/main.php. The manipulation of the argument APP_HOST 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. CVE summarizes:

Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in KodeExplorer version 4.51, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and escalate privileges via the APP_HOST parameter at config/i18n/en/main.php.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-49489 since 11/27/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:config/i18n/en/main.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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-2023-53447). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

kalcaddle

Name

KodeExplorer

Version

4.51

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

11/27/2023 🔍
12/19/2023 +22 days 🔍
12/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/04/2026 +806 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 526
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-49489 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-49489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-248372
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2023 10:28
Updated: 03/04/2026 18:10
Changes: 12/19/2023 10:28 (39), 01/12/2024 14:58 (1), 01/12/2024 15:02 (11), 05/08/2025 04:53 (16), 03/04/2026 18:10 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103