CVE-2023-44383 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform to assist with development workflow. A user with access to the media manager that stores SVG files could create a stored XSS attack against themselves and any other user with access to the media manager when SVG files are supported. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0093.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Octobercms Subscribe	October Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-3032	October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform to assist with development workflow. A user with access to the media manager that stores SVG files could create a stored XSS attack against themselves and any other user with access to the media manager when SVG files are supported. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.2.
Github GHSA	GHSA-rvx8-p3xp-fj3p	October CMS stored XSS by authenticated backend user with improper configuration

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/b7eed0bbf54d07ff310fcdc7037a8e8bf1f5043b
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-rvx8-p3xp-fj3p

History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-11-29T19:57:38.263Z

Updated: 2025-06-05T13:39:36.615Z

Reserved: 2023-09-28T17:56:32.612Z

Link: CVE-2023-44383

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:07:32.899Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-29T20:15:07.573

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:25:47.217

Link: CVE-2023-44383

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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