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CVE-2023-6710

Mod_cluster/mod_proxy_cluster: stored cross site scripting

5.4 MediumPublic exploit

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.24%Up 2.2 points since Dec 13, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

Mod_cluster/mod_proxy_cluster: stored cross site scripting

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page.

Record
CVE-2023-6710
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2023-58930 5.4

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page.

Record
EUVD-2023-58930
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-06
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5xpv-wgx6-ggmv 3.5

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious...

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page. The impact of this vulnerability is considered as Low, as the cluster_manager URL should not be exposed outside and is protected by user/password.

Record
GHSA-5xpv-wgx6-ggmv
CVSS 3.1
3.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.4

A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_cluster in the Apache server. This issue may allow a malicious user to add a script in the 'alias' parameter in the URL to trigger the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By adding a script on the alias parameter on the URL, it adds a new virtual host and adds the script to the cluster-manager page.

Record
CVE-2023-6710
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVRHSA-2024:1316 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 SP3 security update

Record
RHSA-2024:1316
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2024:2387 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_jk and mod_proxy_cluster security update

Record
RHSA-2024:2387
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2024:2387 No score

Moderate: mod_jk and mod_proxy_cluster security update

The mod_jk module is a plugin for the Apache HTTP Server to connect it with the Apache Tomcat servlet engine.

The mod_proxy_cluster module is a plugin for the Apache HTTP Server that provides load-balancer functionality.

Security Fix(es):

  • httpd: Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) Information Disclosure (CVE-2023-41081)
  • mod_cluster/mod_proxy_cluster: Stored Cross site Scripting (CVE-2023-6710)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2024:2387
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1778858907 No score

mod_proxy_cluster: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2023-6710: stored XSS in mod_cluster-manager HTML output via virtual host and context names rendered without HTML escaping
  • CVE-2024-10306: unauthorized MCMP requests due to <Directory> directive being ignored for protocol-handler filtering; runtime guard now refuses <Directory> siblings of EnableMCPMReceive, and the shipped conf.sample uses <Location>
Record
CLSA-2026-1778858907
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mod_jk
AlmaLinux:9
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.2.49-1.el9_4
1.2.49-1.el9_4
mod_proxy_cluster
AlmaLinux:9
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.3.20-1.el9_4
1.3.20-1.el9_4
mod_proxy_cluster
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.3.18-1.el9.tuxcare.els1
1.3.18-1.el9.tuxcare.els1
jbcs-httpd24-openssl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-libs
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-perl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-static
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-libs
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-perl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-static
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
1:1.1.1k-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-3.el7jbcs
0:1.3.20-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-3.el7jbcs
0:1.3.20-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-3.el8jbcs
0:1.3.20-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-3.el8jbcs
0:1.3.20-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-selinux
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_html
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_session
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-selinux
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_html
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_html-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_session
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_session-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
0:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
1:2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-curl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-curl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-libcurl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-libcurl-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el7jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-curl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-curl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-libcurl
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-libcurl-debuginfo
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-libcurl-devel
Red Hat:jboss_core_services:1::el8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
0:8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
mod_proxy_cluster
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
mod_proxy_cluster-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
mod_proxy_cluster-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
0:1.3.20-1.el9_4
mod_jk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.2.49-1.el9_4
0:1.2.49-1.el9_4
mod_jk-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.2.49-1.el9_4
0:1.2.49-1.el9_4
mod_jk-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.2.49-1.el9_4
0:1.2.49-1.el9_4

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubDedSec-47/CVE-2023-67102023-12-25
PoC in GitHubDedSec-47/Metasploit-Exploits-CVE-2023-67102023-12-25
Exploit-DBApache mod_proxy_cluster 1.2.6 - Stored XSS2024-05-13

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
productsCVE List, EUVD
affected, exploits, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-6710 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Modcluster Mod Proxy Cluster, published December 12, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.24%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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