CVE-2023-46735 | Symfony potential Cross-site Scripting in WebhookController

Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Starting in version 6.0.0 and prior to version 6.3.8, the error message in `WebhookController` returns unescaped user-submitted input. As of version 6.3.8, `WebhookController` now doesn't return any user-submitted input in its response.

Published: 2023-11-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-46735 is rated Low Risk (36.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46735

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.11% 0.57% -2.54%
2 2026-06-03 2.91% 3.11% +0.20%
3 2026-04-21 — 2.91% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-46735

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-46735

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-46735

GHSA-72x2-5c85-6wmr · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Symfony potential Cross-site Scripting in WebhookController

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-46735

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-46735 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (symfony), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46735
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-46735 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (symfony), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-46735

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-46735

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sensiolabs symfony >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-46735

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