Reflected XSS via unescaped request URI attribute
Published Mar 20, 2023 · Updated Feb 25, 2025
Reflected XSS in Vektor,Inc. VK All in One Expansion Unit before 9.87.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute script via a crafted URL. The CSS customization admin page inserts $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] into an HTML attribute without escaping, allowing attribute breakout. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open the crafted URL in an older browser that leaves the payload characters unencoded.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Vektor,Inc. VK All in One Expansion Unit before 9.87.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute script via a crafted URL. The CSS customization admin page inserts $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] into an HTML attribute without escaping, allowing attribute breakout. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open the crafted URL in an older browser that leaves the payload characters unencoded.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-0937
- Published
- Mar 20, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Vektor,Inc.
- Product
- VK All in One Expansion Unit
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 20, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <9.87.1.0
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Public exploit references
- WPScan crafted admin URL proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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