Medium severity · published Jun 26, 2023
CVE-2023-32531
Certain dashboard widgets on Trend Micro Apex Central (on-premise) are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that may allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution…
6.1
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain dashboard widgets on Trend Micro Apex Central (on-premise) are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that may allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on affected servers.
This is similar to, but not identical to CVE-2023-32532 through 32535.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Apex Central · Trendmicro
2019 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32531
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32531
Patch
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000293107?language=en_US
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-724/
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