CVE-2023-25841 (GCVE-0-2023-25841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-21 18:38 – Updated: 2025-04-10 18:43
VLAI
Title
BUG-000158075 Stored XSS issue in ArcGIS Server
Summary
There is a stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Esri ArcGIS Server versions 11.0 and below on Windows and Linux platforms that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create crafted content which when clicked could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim’s browser. Mitigation: Disable anonymous access to ArcGIS Feature services with edit capabilities.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Server Affected: All , ≤ 11.1 (ArcGIS Enterprise Server)
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Date Public
2023-07-21 18:39
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