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CVE-2023-34192 Synacor CVE debrief

CVE-2023-34192 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-25, which means defenders should treat it as known-exploited exposure and prioritize mitigation using official vendor guidance.

Vendor
Synacor
Product
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2025-02-25
Original CVE updated
2025-02-25
Advisory published
2025-02-25
Advisory updated
2025-02-25

Who should care

Zimbra Collaboration Suite administrators, email and collaboration platform owners, security teams responsible for web-facing applications, and cloud service operators that rely on ZCS.

Technical summary

The supplied corpus identifies CVE-2023-34192 as an XSS issue in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). The available official records confirm the vulnerable product and the KEV known-exploitation status, but do not provide detailed attack preconditions, affected versions, or a CVSS score in the supplied data. As with other XSS issues, the core risk is attacker-controlled script execution in the browser context of a ZCS user.

Defensive priority

Immediate

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply vendor-recommended mitigations or patches for Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) as soon as they are available.
  • Follow the CISA KEV guidance and remediate before the due date of 2025-03-18.
  • If mitigations are unavailable, discontinue use of the affected product or service per CISA guidance.
  • Review Internet-facing and internally accessible ZCS deployments for exposure and verify whether the vulnerable component is present.
  • Monitor for suspicious web activity, unexpected browser-side behavior, and signs of account abuse associated with ZCS users.
  • Confirm compensating controls such as access restrictions, authentication hardening, and logging are in place while remediation is underway.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied CISA KEV source item and the official reference links provided in the corpus. The corpus confirms the CVE identifier, the affected vendor/product, the XSS vulnerability class, and CISA's known-exploited designation with dateAdded 2025-02-25 and dueDate 2025-03-18. The supplied data does not include a CVSS score, detailed affected-version information, or the full vendor advisory text.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2023-34192 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34192

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2023-34192 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34192

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.