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CVE-2023-46998

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46998 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Bootbox.js versions 3.2 through 6.0. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by injecting crafted payloads into the alert(), confirm(), or prompt() functions. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), it requires user interaction and network access, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2.0, <= 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bootboxjs:bootbox:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-m4ch-4m5f-2gp6medium

Bootbox.js Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Nov 14, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-46998Moderate

bootbox: cross-site scripting vulnerability

Nov 8, 2023

References

github.com / bootboxjs/bootbox/issues/661
Issue Tracking
github.com / soy-oreocato/CVE-2023-46998
ExploitVendor Advisory