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CVE-2023-7166: Novel-Plus HTTP POST Request updateUserInfo cross site scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Novel-Plus up to 4.2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /user/updateUserInfo of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument nickName leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is c62da9bb3a9b3603014d0edb436146512631100d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-249201 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• novel-plus: through 4.2.0

References

• https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus/commit/c62da9bb3a9b3603014d0edb436146512631100d
• https://github.com/JTZ-a/SRC/blob/master/novel-plus/storedXSS/en-us.md
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249201
• https://vuldb.com/?id.249201
• https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus/commit/c62da9bb3a9b3603014d0edb436146512631100d
• https://github.com/JTZ-a/SRC/blob/master/novel-plus/storedXSS/en-us.md
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249201
• https://vuldb.com/?id.249201

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