Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-23011 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue reported in InvoicePlane 1.6. A crafted interaction involving the product filter lookup can cause browser-side script execution. Business impact is mainly session, data-viewing, or account-action risk for users who interact with the vulnerable page.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate web-application risk. Prioritize remediation for internet-facing InvoicePlane 1.6 systems or deployments used by privileged finance staff, because successful exploitation could affect user trust and sensitive invoice workflows.
Technical view
The source bundle describes CWE-79 in InvoicePlane 1.6 through the filter_product input in modal_product_lookups.php. CVSS 3.1 is 6.1 with network reachability, low complexity, no privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely limited to environments running InvoicePlane 1.6, especially web-accessible instances where users interact with product lookup functionality. The source bundle does not provide CPEs or broader affected-version ranges.
Exploitation context
The bundle includes public gist references and a CVE record, but KEV is false and no cited source states active exploitation. CVSS indicates exploitation needs user interaction, so risk depends on who can reach the page and whether targeted users can be induced to interact.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE description names the parameter and file, but the provided affected-product metadata is incomplete. Do not infer affected versions beyond InvoicePlane 1.6 from this bundle. No official patch details are included here.
Mitigation direction
- Identify any deployed InvoicePlane 1.6 instances.
- Check InvoicePlane maintainer guidance for fixed releases or official remediation.
- Restrict external access to InvoicePlane until remediation is confirmed.
- Apply input validation and output encoding where maintaining custom code.
- Monitor web and application logs for suspicious product lookup requests.
Validation and detection
- Inventory InvoicePlane version and deployment exposure.
- Confirm whether modal_product_lookups.php exists and is reachable.
- Review vendor release notes or advisories for CVE-2023-23011 coverage.
- Perform non-destructive XSS validation only in an approved test environment.
- Verify remediation by repeating the safe validation after patching.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://gist.github.com/enferas/e4ab1aedd9727c3b09c7d0154a052199CVE reference
- https://gist.github.com/enferas/e8fff9261526fdf51808c39b3004e1b5CVE reference
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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