CVE-2023-54409 (GCVE-0-2023-54409)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-12 22:21 – Updated: 2026-10-13 13:33
VLAI
Title
Frappe before 13.46.1 XSS via html2text Weak Sanitization
Summary
Frappe before 13.46.1 and 14.x before 14.20.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html2text function weakly sanitizes user input. Authenticated attackers can supply crafted HTML that is insufficiently sanitized by html2text, executing scripts in the browsers of users who view the rendered content.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-13 13:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6104 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
frappe frappe Affected: 0 , < 13.46.1 (semver)
Affected: 14.0.0-beta.1 , < 14.20.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 13.46.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 14.20.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2023-07-12 00:00
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