CVE-2023-45885

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45885 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NASA Open MCT (openmct) versions up to 3.1.0, specifically within the flexibleLayout plugin's new component feature. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through user interaction, leading to potential low impact on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:nasa:openmct::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.45%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

36.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-v8fc-qxvj-f3mgmedium

NASA Open MCT Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Nov 9, 2023

References

linkedin.com / pulse/xss-nasas-open-mct-v302-visionspace-technologies-ubg4f

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