CVE-2023-5950 [High] | XSS in Velociraptor

Rapid7 Velociraptor versions prior to 0.7.0-4 suffer from a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject JS into the error path, potentially leading to unauthorized execution of scripts within a user's web browser. This vulnerability is fixed in version 0.7.0-04 and a patch is available to download. Patches are also available for version 0.6.9 (0.6.9-1).

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.06%	0.46%	+0.40%
2	2025-11-21	0.40%	0.06%	-0.34%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.40%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.06%

0.46%

+0.40%

2025-11-21

0.40%

0.06%

-0.34%

2025-11-18

—

0.40%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.6	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L` 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:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:L) Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.	3.9	4.7	[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]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.6

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L 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:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L): Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.

3.9

4.7

[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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-5950

vendor	priority	summary	link
`suse`	high	CVE-2023-5950 severity important: SUSE including 8 source package names (system-user-velociraptor-1.0.0-160000.2.2, system-user-velociraptor-1.0.0-5.1, …), 11 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 11.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5950/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5950

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
rapid7	velociraptor	< 0.6.9-1	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor::::::::
rapid7	velociraptor	0.7.0	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:0.7.0:-::::::
rapid7	velociraptor	0.7.0	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:0.7.0:rc1::::::
rapid7	velociraptor	0.7.0-3	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:0.7.0-3:::::::*

References for CVE-2023-5950

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor/releases/tag/v0.7.0	Release Notes

URL

CVE-2023-5950 | Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5950

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-5950

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-5950

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-5950

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5950

References for CVE-2023-5950