What is CVE-2023-27489?

CVE-2023-27489 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kiwitcms Kiwi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2023-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-27489?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.

XSS in Kiwitcms Kiwi

CVE-2023-27489

Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system for both manual and automated testing. Kiwi TCMS accepts SVG files uploaded by users which could potentially contain JavaScript code. If SVG images are viewed directly, i.e. not rendered i…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Kiwitcms Kiwi — versions < 12.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-2wcr-87wf-cf9j (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/6617cee0fb70cc394b7be6bbc86ef84e6e9de077 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27489?: CVE-2023-27489 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kiwitcms Kiwi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2023-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-27489?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.