CVE-2023-50712: Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax in iris-web

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Iris is a web collaborative platform aiming to help incident responders sharing technical details during investigations. A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in iris-web, affecting multiple locations in versions prior to v2.3.7. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the application, which could then be executed when a user visits the affected locations. This could lead to unauthorized access, data theft, or other related malicious activities. An attacker need to be authenticated on the application to exploit this vulnerability. The issue is fixed in version v2.3.7 of iris-web. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

dfir-iris iris-web: before 2.3.7 — fixed in 2.3.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dfir-iris iris-web 2.3.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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