CVE-2023-46735
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-46735 affects Symfony, a PHP framework for web and console applications, starting in version 6.0.0 and prior to version 6.3.8. The vulnerability exists in the WebhookController component where error messages return unescaped user-submitted input (Symfony Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L, I:L) and no availability impact (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to perform Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks through unescaped user-submitted input in error messages. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or execution of malicious scripts in the context of other users' browsers (Symfony Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Symfony version 6.3.8. The fix involves modifying the WebhookController to no longer return any user-submitted input in its response. Users are advised to upgrade to version 6.3.8 or later to address this security issue (Symfony Patch).

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