{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including pretalx. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28459 exists.","fix":"Upgrade pretalx to 2.3.2 or later.","what":"CVE-2023-28459 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28459 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-28459 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28459 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- pretalx (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.2\n- pretalx (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.2\n- pretalx (PyPI): affected from 2.3.1; fixed in 2.3.2\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28459/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-28459","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28459/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-28459","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wh3w-jcc7-mhmf","PYSEC-2023-41"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"pretalx conference software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary files via crafted HTML uploads in the non-default HTML export feature of pretalx.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"pretalx","vendor":"pretalx"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-03-07","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-03-07","kind":"metasploit","ref":"auxiliary/scanner/http/pretalx_file_read_cve_2023_28459","stars":null,"title":"Pretalx Arbitrary File Read/Limited File Write"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"pretalx vulnerable to path traversal in HTML export","id":"CVE-2023-28459","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-28460"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.2"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pretalx","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-wh3w-jcc7-mhmf"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.2"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pretalx","purl":"pkg:pypi/pretalx","source":"GHSA-wh3w-jcc7-mhmf"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.2"],"introduced":["2.3.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pretalx","purl":"pkg:pypi/pretalx","source":"PYSEC-2023-41"}],"prev":{"headline":"pretalx allows path traversal in HTML export","id":"CVE-2023-28458"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2023-04-20","related":[{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"pretalx: Stored cross-site scripting in organiser search typeahead","id":"CVE-2026-41241","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-23"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"pretalx: Email injection via unescaped user-controlled placeholders in pretalx mail templates","id":"CVE-2026-41426","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-24"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"pretalx allows path traversal in HTML export","id":"CVE-2023-28458","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-02-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary files via crafted HTML uploads in the non-default HTML export feature of pretalx.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28459/"}