CVE-2023-28158 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-28158

Apache Archiva privilege escalation

Vulnerability Description

Privilege escalation via stored XSS using the file upload service to upload malicious content. The issue can be exploited only by authenticated users which can create directory name to inject some XSS content and gain some privileges such admin user.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • sandr0 (sandr0.xyz)

Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Archiva
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 29th, 2023
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)