What is CVE-2023-47417?

CVE-2023-47417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paulrouget Dzslides, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-47417?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Paulrouget Dzslides

CVE-2023-47417

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /shells/embedder.html of DZSlides after v2011.07.25 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Paulrouget Dzslides

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/paulrouget/dzslides (Product)
gist.github.com/cd80/5b7702ffbfc8531f30b56356a4a7f4dd (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-47417?: CVE-2023-47417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paulrouget Dzslides, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-47417?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.