Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46998
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libjs-bootbox package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in BootBox Bootbox.js v.3.2 through 6.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to alert(), confirm(), prompt() functions.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Debian:13 | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Debian:14 | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46998 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libjs-bootbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46998 |
| npm | bootbox | no fix listed | GHSA-m4ch-4m5f-2gp6 |