What is CVE-2023-43663?

CVE-2023-43663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Prestashop, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-43663?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Prestashop

CVE-2023-43663

PrestaShop is an Open Source e-commerce web application. In affected versions any module can be disabled or uninstalled from back office, even with low user right. This allows low privileged users to disable portions of a shops functionality. Commit `ce1f6708` addresses this issue and is included in version 8.1.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Prestashop — versions < 8.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-6jmf-2pfc-q9m7 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/ce1f67083537194e974caf86c57e547a0aaa46cd (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43663?: CVE-2023-43663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Prestashop, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-43663?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.