CVE-2023-4843Network attack vector

HTML injection via unsanitized Visual Business Director name

Published Sep 8, 2023 · Updated Sep 25, 2024

HTML injection in Visual Business Director in Pega Platform 7.1 through 8.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject HTML tags. The product renders a Visual Business Director name field without neutralizing certain HTML tags; Pega has not published a more specific code locus. Only an authenticated administrative user can modify the field, and exploitation requires another user to interact with the resulting content.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.34%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

HTML injection in Visual Business Director in Pega Platform 7.1 through 8.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject HTML tags. The product renders a Visual Business Director name field without neutralizing certain HTML tags; Pega has not published a more specific code locus. Only an authenticated administrative user can modify the field, and exploitation requires another user to interact with the resulting content.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-4843
Published
Sep 8, 2023
Updated
Sep 25, 2024
Vendor
Pegasystems Inc.
Product
Pega Platform
Classifications
CWE-79, CWE-74
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.1 <8.8.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Pegasystems Inc. · Pega Platformversion=7.1 <8.8.4

Published CVSS scores

4.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.3Pegasystems Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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