CVE-2023-26046CWE-80

teler-waf subject to bypass of common web attack threat rule with HTML entities payload

Medium · published March 2, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

teler-waf is a Go HTTP middleware that provides teler IDS functionality to protect against web-based attacks. In teler-waf prior to version 0.1.1 is vulnerable to bypassing common web attack rules when a specific HTML entities payload is used. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's browser and compromise the security of the web application. The vulnerability exists due to teler-waf failure to properly sanitize and filter HTML entities in user input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass common web attack threat rules in teler-waf and launch cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's browser and steal sensitive information, such as login credentials and session tokens, or take control of the victim's browser and perform malicious actions. This issue has been fixed in version 0.1.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00536 · 44.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Published
2023-03-02T00:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAR 00:14Z
    teler-waf subject to bypass of common web attack threat rule with HTML entities payload
    cvelistv5