CVE-2023-3481

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3481 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Critters versions 0.0.17-0.0.19, stemming from an issue in HTML parsing. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited with low attack complexity via a network vector, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 0.0.17, <= 0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:google:critters::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.1

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.15%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

4.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: crittersFixed in: 0.0.20

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597medium

Critters Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Aug 11, 2023

References

github.com / GoogleChromeLabs/critters/security/advisories/GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597

Vendor Advisory