CVE-2023-46127
Published: 23 October 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-46127 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Frappe Frappe. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Frappe, a full-stack web application framework using Python and MariaDB, contains an HTML injection vulnerability (CWE-79) that permits creation of documents embedding arbitrary HTML payloads. The issue affects versions prior to 14.49.0 and is rated 5.4 under CVSS 3.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
An authenticated Frappe user granted desk access can exploit the flaw remotely by submitting crafted documents, achieving limited disclosure or modification of content within the application without needing additional user interaction.
The project has published a fix in release 14.49.0, accompanied by commit 3dc5d2f and pull request 22339, as documented in GitHub security advisory GHSA-j2w9-8xrr-7g98.
EPSS remains flat at 0.2389 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-50379
Vulnerability details
Frappe is a full-stack web application framework that uses Python and MariaDB on the server side and an integrated client side library. A malicious Frappe user with desk access could create documents containing HTML payloads allowing HTML Injection. This vulnerability…
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has been patched in version 14.49.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.