CVE-2023-28459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00309.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pretalx:pretalx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Pretalx Subscribe	Pretalx Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0206	pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.
Github GHSA	GHSA-wh3w-jcc7-mhmf	pretalx vulnerable to path traversal in HTML export

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890
https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2
https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T16:14:54.170Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28459

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:25.381Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-20T21:15:08.823

Modified: 2025-02-05T17:15:19.507

Link: CVE-2023-28459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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