CVE-2023-43643 is a medium-severity mutation Cross-Site Scripting (mXSS) vulnerability affecting AntiSamy versions prior to 1.7.4, a library used for HTML sanitization. This flaw arises from incorrect HTML parsing when the preserveComments directive is enabled alongside specific allowed tags, allowing malicious input within comment tags to be executed. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:antisamy_project:antisamy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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