What is CVE-2023-46059?

CVE-2023-46059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geeklog, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-46059?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-46059 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Geeklog

CVE-2023-46059

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Geeklog-Core geeklog v.2.2.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the Service, and website URL to Ping parameters of the admin/trackback.php component.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-10-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Geeklog — versions 2.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/CrownZTX/vulnerabilities/blob/main/geeklog/reflected_XSS_in_editserv… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46059?: CVE-2023-46059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geeklog, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-46059?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46059 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.