What is CVE-2023-3224?

CVE-2023-3224 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nuxt, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-3224?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-3224 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Nuxt

CVE-2023-3224

Code Injection in GitHub repository nuxt/nuxt prior to 3.5.3.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2023-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.586 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-30.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.586 · newest: 0.586 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nuxt
Nuxt Nuxt/nuxt — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

huntr.dev/bounties/1eb74fd8-0258-4c1f-a904-83b52e373a87 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/65a8f4eb3ef1b249a95fd59e323835a96428baff (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3224?: CVE-2023-3224 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nuxt, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-3224?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-3224 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.