CVE-2023-25018
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRIFARTEK IOT Wall transportation function has insufficient filtering for user input. An authenticated remote attacker with general user privilege can inject JavaScript to perform reflected XSS (Reflected Cross-site scripting) attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceRIFARTEK IOT Wall transportation function contains a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to insufficient filtering of user input. An authenticated attacker with general user privileges can inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized input fields in the transportation function, which gets reflected back to the user's browser.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 22CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Rifartek Iot Wall installation and versionLocate the installed Rifartek Iot Wall application and determine its exact version number. Compare your installed version against version 22, which is the affected version listed in this CVE.Affected if The installed version is exactly 22.
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Verify access to transportation functionLog into the Rifartek Iot Wall application with a general user account (non-administrator privileges) and navigate to the transportation function or module. Confirm the function is accessible with standard user credentials.Affected if The transportation function is accessible with authenticated general user privileges.
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Identify input fields in transportation functionLocate all user input fields within the transportation function interface. These may include text fields, forms, or parameters that accept user-supplied data.Affected if The transportation function contains input fields that accept user data.
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Test for reflected XSS in input fieldsEnter a benign test script payload such as <script>alert('XSS')</script> into the identified input fields within the transportation function. Submit the form or data and observe whether the script is reflected back in the response without proper encoding or sanitization.Affected if The malicious script is reflected back and executes in the browser, indicating insufficient input filtering.
A user is affected if they are running Rifartek Iot Wall version 22, have access to the transportation function with general user privileges, and can inject and trigger unsanitized JavaScript through input fields.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding/escaping for all user-supplied data in the transportation function. Use a web application firewall or content security policy as an additional layer of defense.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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