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CVE-2023-3978

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 2, 2023Sources checked Oct 7, 2026
6.1MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means

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CVE-2023-3978 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.9%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2023-3978?

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

Source: NVD