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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-6838

Reflected XSS vulnerability can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Authentication Endpoint. This can be performed in both authenticated and unauthenticated requests.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-6838

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Dec 2023, 10:15 UTC

Reflected XSS vulnerability can be exploited by tampering a request parameter in Authentication Endpoint. This can be performed in both authenticated and unauthenticated requests.

osv:CVE-2023-6838
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6838",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:38.734670008Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2023-12-15T10:15:10+00:00"
}