What is CVE-2023-5897?

CVE-2023-5897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pkp Pkp/customlocale, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-5897?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Pkp Pkp/customlocale

CVE-2023-5897

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository pkp/customLocale prior to 1.2.0-1.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pkp Pkp/customlocale — versions unspecified
Sfu Customlocale

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

huntr.com/bounties/7c215b8e-63f6-4146-b8e3-8482c731876f (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/pkp/customLocale/commit/407ba30f12f78efe79122591c1d85709c10b6831 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5897?: CVE-2023-5897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pkp Pkp/customlocale, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-5897?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.