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CVE-2023-4196

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4196 is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the cockpit-hq/cockpit GitHub repository, specifically versions prior to 2.6.3. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows an attacker with low privileges to inject malicious scripts, which could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity if a user interacts with the crafted content. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 50th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cockpit-hq/cockpitFixed in: 2.6.3
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-w3qm-93vf-5hrwhigh

Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Aug 6, 2023

References

github.com / cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/039a00cc310bff128ca6e6c1c46c6fbad0385c2c
Patch
huntr.dev / bounties/c275a2d4-721f-49f7-8787-b146af2056a0
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory