What is CVE-2023-49469?

CVE-2023-49469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shaarli Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-49469?

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

XSS in Shaarli Project

CVE-2023-49469

Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli v0.12.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via search tag function.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-12-28 · 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 (42.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.6% 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

Shaarli Project — versions 0.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/issues/2038 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.13.0 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49469?: CVE-2023-49469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shaarli Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-49469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.