What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-40197?

CVE-2023-40197 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Flowpaper CVE-2023-40197

Q: Which versions of Flowpaper are affected by CVE-2023-40197?

Auth. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2023-09-04 audit@patchstack.com

XSS Flowpaper

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 04, 2023 - 12:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Devaldi Ltd flowpaper plugin <= 1.9.9 versions.

AnalysisAI

Auth. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

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. Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Devaldi Ltd flowpaper plugin <= 1.9.9 versions. Affected products include: Flowpaper.

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.