# CVE-2023-27889: Cross-site request forgery in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON

> A CSRF vulnerability allows attackers to hijack user sessions and perform unintended actions via malicious pages in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxpm-6qqj-jg73

## What is CVE-2023-27889?

CVE-2023-27889 is a high-severity vulnerability in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON, published on 10 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON versions prior to 1.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to hijack the authentication of a user and to perform unintended operations by having a user view a malicious page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27889?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lqd Liquid Speech Balloon.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-27889?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27889 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-27889 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27889 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON

- [CVE-2019-17070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17070/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-27889 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-27889 is a high-severity vulnerability in LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON, published on 10 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27889 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON. 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-2023-27889/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27889/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27889
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27889
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27889

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27889/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.