# CVE-2023-37581: Cross-site scripting in Apache Roller

> Authenticated users can execute arbitrary scripts via unsanitized input in category, settings, or file upload features, affecting sites configured for untrusted users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mccf-357g-w594

## What is CVE-2023-37581?

CVE-2023-37581 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Roller, published on 6 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Insufficient input validation and sanitation in Weblog Category name, Website About and File Upload features in all versions of Apache Roller on all platforms allows an authenticated user to perform an XSS attack. Mitigation: if you do not have Roller configured for untrusted users, then you need to do nothing because you trust your users to author raw HTML and other web content. If you are running with untrusted users then you should upgrade to Roller 6.1.2 and you should disable Roller's File Upload feature.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37581?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Roller.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Roller

- [CVE-2018-17198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17198/): Server-side request forgery in Apache Roller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0030/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-33580](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33580/): regex injection leading to DoS (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2015-0249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0249/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2013-4212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4212/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37581 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37581 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Roller, published on 6 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Roller. 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-2023-37581/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37581/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37581
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37581
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37581

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.