CVE-2023-3833
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 · uneditedA vulnerability was found in Bug Finder Montage 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /user/ticket/create of the component Ticket Handler. The manipulation of the argument message leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-235159. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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 confidenceA stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Bug Finder Montage 1.0 within the ticket creation endpoint (/user/ticket/create). The 'message' parameter does not properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript that executes when other users view the created ticket.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 Bugfinder Montage installationLocate the Bugfinder Montage application in your environment. Check for its web application files, typically found in the web server's document root or application directory. Look for files named 'montage', 'bugfinder', or related scripts.Affected if Bugfinder Montage is not present in your environment, you are not affected.
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Identify installed versionExamine the application's version information. Check the source code for a version marker, look for a version file in the application root, or access any /about or /info endpoint that may display version details.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0, indicating the affected version range.
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Verify ticket creation endpoint existsAccess the URL path /user/ticket/create in your browser or via a curl request to confirm the ticket creation functionality is present and accessible.Affected if The endpoint returns a 404 or is not accessible, the vulnerability cannot be exploited in your deployment.
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Inspect database for stored payloadsQuery your application's database for tickets containing script tags, javascript: URIs, or event handler attributes (onerror, onload, onclick) in any message or description fields.Affected if Malicious JavaScript payloads are found stored in ticket message fields, confirming the vulnerability has been exploited.
Your environment is affected if Bugfinder Montage version 1.0 is installed and the /user/ticket/create endpoint is accessible, allowing untrusted input to be stored and displayed to other users without sanitization.
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 input validation and output encoding/escaping for the message parameter in the ticket handler. Apply context-appropriate output encoding when displaying ticket messages to prevent script execution.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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