CVE-2023-38873

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.63%

Last modified

CVE-2023-38873 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer is vulnerable to Clickjacking. Clickjacking, also known as a "UI redress attack", is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link on another page when they were intending to click on the top-level page. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer is vulnerable to Clickjacking. Clickjacking, also known as a "UI redress attack", is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link on another page when they were intending to click on the top-level page. Thus, the attacker is "hijacking" clicks meant for their page and routing them to another page, most likely owned by another application, domain, or both.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Probability
0.63%

45.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
EconomizzerEconomizzer0.9Beta1
EconomizzerEconomizzerapril_2023

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-38873?
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer is vulnerable to Clickjacking. Clickjacking, also known as a "UI redress attack", is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link on another page when they were intending to click on the top-level page. Thus, the attacker is "hijacking" clicks meant for their page and routing them to another page, most likely owned by another application, domain, or both.
How severe is CVE-2023-38873?
CVE-2023-38873 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38873?
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Source: NVD / NIST