CVE-2023-38888

Exp

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr ERP CRM v.17.0.1 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via the REST API module, related to analyseVarsForSqlAndScriptsInjection and testSqlAndScriptInject.

Published: 2023-09-19 Last update: 2026-07-08 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-38888 is rated High Exploit Risk (75/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-38888

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38888

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-07-09 1.17% 1.11% -0.07%
2 2026-06-15 5.01% 1.17% -3.83%
3 2025-12-01 — 5.01% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38888

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-38888

GHSA-62wf-h26v-5m57 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr ERP CRM

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-38888

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-38888 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dolibarr), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 8, ignored 2, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dolibarr dolibarr_erp\/crm <= 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dolibarr:dolibarr_erp\/crm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38888

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