Atlas
CVE-2023-3756
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A vulnerability was found in Creativeitem Atlas Business Directory Listing 2.13 and classified as problematic. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A vulnerability was found in Creativeitem Atlas Business Directory Listing 2.13 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /home/search. The manipulation of the argument search_string leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234428. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. Affected products include: Creativeitem Atlas.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability was found in Creativeitem Atlas Business Directory Listing 2.13 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /home/search. The manipulation of the argument search_string leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234428. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
VulDB
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Missing authorization on admin REST endpoints in Apache Atlas 0.8.0 through 2.5.0 allows any authenticated user - regard
A vulnerability in import module of Apache Atlas allows an authenticated user to write to web server filesystem.8.4 to 2
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0 (incubating), 0.7.0 (incubating), and 0.7.1 (incubating) allow access to the webapp director
Error responses from Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating included stack trace, exposing excessiv
An authenticated user can perform XSS and potentially impersonate another user.3.0 and earlier. Rated high severity (CVS
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating were found vulnerable to cross frame scripting. Rated medium
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating were found vulnerable to Reflected XSS in the search functio
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating were found vulnerable to DOM XSS in the edit-tag functionali
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating were found vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the
Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0-incubating and 0.7.0-incubating use cookies that could be accessible to client-side script.
A vulnerability has been found in Creativeitem Atlas Business Directory Listing 2.13 and classified as problematic. Rate
Apache Atlas before 2.1.0 contain a XSS vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely
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