What is CVE-2023-39584?

CVE-2023-39584 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hexo, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-39584?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Hexo

CVE-2023-39584

Hexo up to v7.0.0 (RC2) was discovered to contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.345 (98.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.345 · newest: 0.345 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hexo — versions 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/hexojs/hexo/blob/a3e68e7576d279db22bd7481914286104e867834/lib/plugin… (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/hexojs/hexo/issues/5250 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.gem-love.com/2023/07/25/hexo博客任意文件读取和代码执行漏洞/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39584?: CVE-2023-39584 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hexo, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-39584?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.