What is CVE-2023-5452?

CVE-2023-5452 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-5452?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It

CVE-2023-5452

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository snipe/snipe-it prior to v6.2.2.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% 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

Snipe Snipe/snipe-It — versions unspecified
Snipeitapp Snipe-It

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/d6ed5ac1-2ad6-45fd-9492-979820bf60c8 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/snipe/snipe-it/commit/eea2eabaeef16fc8f3a1d61b19c06e9fc8ed942a (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5452?: CVE-2023-5452 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-5452?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.