Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2023
CVE-2023-2121
Vault and Vault Enterprise's (Vault) key-value v2 (kv-v2) diff viewer allowed HTML injection into the Vault web UI through key values
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise's (Vault) key-value v2 (kv-v2) diff viewer allowed HTML injection into the Vault web UI through key values. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-2121, is fixed in Vault 1.14.0, 1.13.3, 1.12.7, and 1.11.11.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
before 1.11.11; before 1.11.11; 1.12.0 before 1.12.7; 1.12.0 before 1.12.7; 1.13.0 before 1.13.3; 1.13.0 before 1.13.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2121
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-17-vault-s-kv-diff-viewer-allowed-html-injection/54814
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