{"id":"CVE-2023-5118","aliases":["EUVD-2023-57456","GHSA-hqv4-427w-6698"],"status":"published","title":"Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kofax Capture software","description":"The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability was identified in the function for adding new annotations while editing document content.\n\nReporters inform that the vulnerability has been removed in software versions above 11.1.x. Previous versions may also be vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00335,"percentile":0.27118,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-01-11T15:23:44Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:34Z","products":[{"vendor":"kofax","product":"capture"},{"vendor":"tungstenautomation","product":"kofax_capture"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118/","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-5118/","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5118"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqv4-427w-6698"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5118","title":"Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kofax Capture software","description":"The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability was identified in the function for adding new annotations while editing document content.\n\nReporters inform that the vulnerability has been removed in software versions above 11.1.x. Previous versions may also be vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-11T15:23:44.745Z","modified":"2025-06-17T21:09:12.806Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:16.771348Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-57456","description":"The application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the endpoint /sofer/DocumentService.asc/SaveAnnotation, where input data transmitted via the POST method in the parameters author and text are not adequately sanitized and validated. This allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript code. 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