#VU96700 Cross-site scripting in Rust Programming Language - CVE-2023-40030 

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#VU96700 Cross-site scripting in Rust Programming Language - CVE-2023-40030

Published: September 2, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96700
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40030
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Rust Programming Language
Software vendor:
Rust Team

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when downloading Rust project dependencies with Cargo. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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