8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
20.4%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code, which could be executed in the victim’s browser upon clicking on a malicious link.
The following versions of PTC Codebeamer, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform for product and software development, are affected:
3.2.1 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING CWE-79
If an attacker tricks an admin user of PTC Codebeamer into clicking on a malicious link, it may allow the attacker to inject arbitrary code to be executed in the browser on the target device.
CVE-2023-4296 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Niklas Schilling of SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab reported this vulnerability to CISA.
PTC recommends the following:
Docker Image download: <https://hub.docker.com/r/intland/codebeamer/tags>
Codebeamer installers: <https://intland.com/codebeamer-download/>
Hosted customers may request an upgrade through the support channel.
Note that version 2.0 is not impacted by this vulnerability.
For more information refer to PTC Security Advisory and Resolution.
CISA recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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