What is CVE-2023-39612?

CVE-2023-39612 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Filebrowser, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-39612?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-39612 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Filebrowser

CVE-2023-39612

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FileBrowser before v2.23.0 allows an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to Administrator via user interaction with a crafted HTML file or URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Filebrowser
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zhanpengliu-tencent/medium-cve

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39612?: CVE-2023-39612 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Filebrowser, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-39612?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-39612 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.