What is CVE-2023-38487?

CVE-2023-38487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hedgedoc, classified under CWE-289. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-38487?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hedgedoc

CVE-2023-38487

HedgeDoc is software for creating real-time collaborative markdown notes. Prior to version 1.9.9, the API of HedgeDoc 1 can be used to create notes with an alias matching the ID of existing notes. The affected existing note can then not be…

EPSS: 0.001 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Hedgedoc — versions < 1.9.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-289

References

https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/security/advisories/GHSA-7494-7hcf-vxpg (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/pull/4476/commits/781263ab84255885e1fe60c7e92e2f8d611664d2 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38487?: CVE-2023-38487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hedgedoc, classified under CWE-289. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-38487?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.