CVE-2023-37785 ImpressCMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-37785?

CVE-2023-37785 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ImpressCMS v1.4.5 and before allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the smile_code parameter of the component /editprofile.php.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37785?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including impresscms/impresscms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Impresscms Impresscms.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-37785 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37785 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2008-3453 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in ImpressCMS 1.0 have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to modules/admin.php and "a few files Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-26599 SQL Injection in ImpressCMS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-26600 Type Confusion in ImpressCMS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24977 Path Traversal in ImpressCMS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-50912 ImpressCMS 1.4.4 - Unrestricted File Upload Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-667r-p4gg-7m2q.