# CVE-2023-1111: FastCMS New Article Tab cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Title field in the New Article Tab, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2023-1111?

CVE-2023-1111 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in FastCMS, published on 24 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in FastCMS up to 0.1.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component New Article Tab. The manipulation of the argument Title leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-266126 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1111?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xjd2020 Fastcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1111?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1111 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FastCMS

- [CVE-2026-26682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26682/): An issue in fastCMS before v.0.1.6 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the PluginController.java component (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-4300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4300/): FastCMS Template edit injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-2593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2593/): FastCMS list sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-7733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7733/): FastCMS New Article Category Page cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-1332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1332/): FastCMS Template Menu menu cross site scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1111 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1111 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in FastCMS, published on 24 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FastCMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1111/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1111
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1111
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.