CVE-2023-4956 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-4956: Quay: clickjacking on config-editor page severity

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Quay 3
Weakness CWE-1021
Published November 7, 2023
Last update November 7, 2025

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in Quay. Clickjacking 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 intend to click on the top-level page. During the pentest, it has been detected that the config-editor page is vulnerable to clickjacking. This flaw allows an attacker to trick an administrator user into clicking on buttons on the config-editor panel, possibly reconfiguring some parts of the Quay instance.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 7, 2023 CVE published
November 7, 2025 Record updated