CVE-2023-28158
Apache Archiva privilege escalation
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: March 29, 2023 at 12:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArchiva
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Privilege escalation via stored XSS using the file upload service to upload malicious content. The issue can be exploited only by authenticated users which can create directory name to inject some XSS content and gain some privileges such admin user.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor AdvisoryMailing List
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread/8pm6d5y9cptznm0bdny3n8voovmm0dttSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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