CVE-2023-3978

low-risk

Published 2023-08-02

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

Do I need to act?

0.10% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.1/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Networking

Affected Vendors

Golang

References (6)

Patch https://go.dev/cl/514896

Issue Tracking https://go.dev/issue/61615

Issue Tracking https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988

Patch https://go.dev/cl/514896

Issue Tracking https://go.dev/issue/61615

Issue Tracking https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988

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low-risk

Severity 23/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal