CVE-2023-51252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PublicCMS 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). Because files can be uploaded and online preview function is provided, pdf files and html files containing malicious code are uploaded, an XSS popup window is realized through online viewing.

Published: 2024-01-10

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:publiccms:publiccms:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-55974	PublicCMS 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). Because files can be uploaded and online preview function is provided, pdf files and html files containing malicious code are uploaded, an XSS popup window is realized through online viewing.

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 0.00165.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/issues/79

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Publiccms Publiccms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T15:56:54.896Z

Reserved: 2023-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-51252

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:32:10.171Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T09:15:44.340

Modified: 2025-06-20T16:15:26.100

Link: CVE-2023-51252

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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