CVE-2023-4493
Easy Address Book Web Server Stored XSS vulnerability
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin.ghp file that affects multiple parameters such as (firstname, homephone, lastname, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate, workzip). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload in the application to be executed when the page is loaded, resulting in an integrity impact.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Easy Address Book Web Server Stored XSS vulnerability
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin.ghp file that affects multiple parameters such as (firstname, homephone, lastname, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate, workzip). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload in the application to be executed when the page is loaded, resulting in an integrity impact.
- Record
CVE-2023-4493- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54348
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin.ghp file that affects multiple parameters such as (firstname, homephone, lastname, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate, workzip). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload in the application to be executed when the page is loaded, resulting in an integrity impact.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54348- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fm79-j79q-pp27
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin...
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin.ghp file that affects multiple parameters such as (firstname, homephone, lastname, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate, workzip). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload in the application to be executed when the page is loaded, resulting in an integrity impact.
- Record
GHSA-fm79-j79q-pp27- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.6 version, through the users_admin.ghp file that affects multiple parameters such as (firstname, homephone, lastname, lastname, middlename, workaddress, workcity, workcountry, workphone, workstate, workzip). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload in the application to be executed when the page is loaded, resulting in an integrity impact.
- Record
CVE-2023-4493- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4493 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Easy Address Book Web Server Project Address Book Web Server, published October 4, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.