Admin-session script execution via unescaped title parameter
Published Feb 21, 2023 · Updated Mar 12, 2025
Reflected XSS in Kiboko Labs Watu Quiz before 3.3.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser. The Watu Quiz exams administration page writes the title query parameter into its HTML response without sanitization or output escaping. An administrator must be logged in and open a crafted URL; the injected script then runs in the page's authenticated browser context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Kiboko Labs Watu Quiz before 3.3.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute script in an administrator's browser. The Watu Quiz exams administration page writes the title query parameter into its HTML response without sanitization or output escaping. An administrator must be logged in and open a crafted URL; the injected script then runs in the page's authenticated browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-0428
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Kiboko Labs Ltd.
- Product
- Watu Quiz
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.3.8.2
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Public exploit references
- Crafted Watu Quiz administration URL proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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