Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in CrafterCMS

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CrafterCMS Engine on Windows, MacOS, Linux, x86, ARM, 64 bit allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CrafterCMS: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.2, from 3.1.0 through 3.1.27.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
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Published (advisory)
2023-08-03 18:30:35 UTC
Updated
2025-02-13 20:14:28 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-02-13 20:14:25 UTC
NVD published
2023-08-03

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
22.72% 95.86%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.4 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.craftercms:crafter-engine >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3 4.0.3
maven org.craftercms:crafter-engine >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.28 3.1.28

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence