CVE-2023-50166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pega Platform from 8.5.4 to 8.8.3 is affected by an XSS issue with an unauthenticated user and the redirect parameter.

Published: 2024-01-31

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Pegasystems

Pega Platform

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5.4`	affected	≤ 8.8.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pega:platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54991	Pega Platform from 8.5.4 to 8.8.3 is affected by an XSS issue with an unauthenticated user and the redirect parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00199.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.pega.com/support-doc/pega-security-advisory-h23-vulnerability-remediation-note

History

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Pega Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Pega

Published: 2024-01-31T17:26:42.731Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T17:50:06.873Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T13:30:07.891Z

Link: CVE-2023-50166

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:09:49.813Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-31T18:15:46.513

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:36:35.803

Link: CVE-2023-50166

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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