Security advisory

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  "id": "3f9f90aa2115d982c479d05fdae9b8f47b479006443ea09dbd6874f7ef7688c1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40618",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-40618",
    "summary": "A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenKnowledgeMaps Head Start versions 4, 5, 6, 7 as well as Visual Project Explorer 1.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload into the 'service' parameter in 'headstart_snapshot.php'.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-40618",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-40618",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-40618"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openknowledgemaps/headstart",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "416ee84354d99e37de6c7fffbd7c7710e0123593"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "09c5da46ede05cbc26a8e294547199685282cfbe"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openknowledgemaps:head_start:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openknowledgemaps:head_start:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openknowledgemaps:head_start:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openknowledgemaps:head_start:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4",
            "5",
            "6",
            "7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40618.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.880811291Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-40618",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40618.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40618"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40618.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-40618",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505387,
  "published_at": "2023-09-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}