Is CVE-2023-40172 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-40172 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-40172?

CVE-2023-40172 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-40172?

CVE-2023-40172 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40172?

Upgrade social-media-skeleton to 1.0.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-40172

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

social-media-skeletonNVD

Affected:< 1.0.5Fixed in:1.0.5CVE-2023-40172derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Product1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-6277	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2014-0054	Medium	6.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-6429	Medium	6.8	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-41622	High	8.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2018-7700	High	8.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-2295	Medium	6.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.