What is CVE-2023-54408?

CVE-2023-54408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-54408?

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

XSS in Frappe

CVE-2023-54408

Frappe before 13.52.0 and 14.x before 14.31.0 contains an HTML injection vulnerability caused by weak escaping of user-supplied content rendered in pages. Attackers can submit crafted HTML that bypasses the insufficient escaping and is rendered in the browsers of users who view it, enabling cross-site scripting.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-12 · last modified 2026-10-13.

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

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Frappe

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/frappe/frappe/security/advisories/GHSA-4jj9-5vgc-gc4j (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frappe-before-14.31.0-html-injection-via-weak-esca… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54408?: CVE-2023-54408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-54408?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.