CVE-2023-38873
CWE-1021Published: September 28, 2023· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer is vulnerable to Clickjacking. Clickjacking, also known as a "UI redress attack", is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link on another page when they were intending to click on the top-level page. Thus, the attacker is "hijacking" clicks meant for their page and routing them to another page, most likely owned by another application, domain, or both.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2023-38873 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation does not require any privileges, though user interaction (Required) is needed, which slightly reduces the risk of mass automated attacks.
A successful exploit results in full integrity compromise (data manipulation), with a CVSS base score of 6.5.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2023-38873 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts