CVE-2023-37786

Medium (4.8)—PoC
Routine follow-upSeverity Medium 4.8. A public proof of concept exists, but no active exploitation is known.
Severity4.8Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.53 %higher than 45% of CVEs · score from Nov 7, 2026
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog · checked Nov 8, 12:00 PM
Public exploitAvailableProof of concept on GitHub (unverified)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Geeklog v2.2.2 allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Mail Settings[backend], Mail Settings[host], Mail Settings[port] and Mail Settings[auth] parameters of the /admin/configuration.php.

Timeline

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  1. CVE record published in NVD
  2. Record last modified in NVD
  3. First public exploit

Public exploits

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Affected technologies (1)

NVD record

NVD status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79

References

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