PyBB is an open source bulletin board. A manual code review of the PyBB bulletin board server has revealed that a vulnerability could have been exploited in which users could submit any type of HTML tag, and have said tag run. For example, a malicious ` that looks like `xss` could have been used to run code through JavaScript on the client side. The problem has been patched as of commit 5defd92, and users are advised to upgrade. Attackers do need posting privilege in order to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is present within the 0.1.0 release, and users are advised to upgrade to 0.1.1. Users unable to upgrade may be able to work around the attack by either; Removing the ability to create posts, removing the |safe` tag from the Jinja2 template titled "post.html" in templates or by adding manual validation of links in the post creation section.
CVE-2023-34461
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 74% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.6
- EG Score
- 4.6(medium)
- EG Risk
- 21(Track)EG Risk 21/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity46% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 27%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 19, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/commit/5defd922ab05a193a783392d447c6538628cf854
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/security/advisories/GHSA-mv96-w49p-438p
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/commit/5defd922ab05a193a783392d447c6538628cf854
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/security/advisories/GHSA-mv96-w49p-438p
Weakness Classification(1)
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