CVE-2023-46998

Exp

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in BootBox Bootbox.js v.3.2 through 6.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to alert(), confirm(), prompt() functions.

Published: 2023-11-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-46998 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.92%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-46998

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46998

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 2025-11-25 33.35% 38.92% +5.57%
2 2025-11-21 13.93% 33.35% +19.42%
3 2025-11-18 — 13.93% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-46998

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-46998

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-46998

GHSA-m4ch-4m5f-2gp6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Bootbox.js Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-46998

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-46998 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libjs-bootbox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46998
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46998
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-46998 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjs-bootbox), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-46998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-46998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bootboxjs bootbox >= 3.2.0, <= 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bootboxjs:bootbox:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2023-46998

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