Acronis Cyber Protect up to 16 postMessage cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Acronis Cyber Protect up to 16. Impacted is the function postMessage. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-48679. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect up to 16. This issue affects the function postMessage. 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:

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to missing origin validation in postMessage. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, Windows) before build 37391.

The weakness was presented 02/27/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at security-advisory.acronis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-48679 since 11/17/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 16 Build 37391 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 3.1
CNA Vector (Acronis International GmbH): 🔍

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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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Cyber Protect 16 Build 37391

Timelineinfo

11/17/2023 🔍
02/27/2024 +102 days 🔍
02/27/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/07/2025 +345 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-advisory.acronis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-48679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-48679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254963

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2024 20:15
Updated: 02/07/2025 00:09
Changes: 02/27/2024 20:15 (50), 02/07/2025 00:09 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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