CVE-2023-40618: Openknowledgemaps Head Start

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenKnowledgeMaps Head Start versions 4, 5, 6, 7 as well as Visual Project Explorer 1.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload into the 'service' parameter in 'headstart_snapshot.php'.

Affected products

• Openknowledgemaps Head Start: version 4 only; version 5 only; version 6 only; version 7 only

Published 2023-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.