# CVE-2023-41791: Lack of Authorization and Stored XSS Via Translation Abuse

> Low-privilege users can inject JavaScript via translation strings, compromising configuration integrity and enabling stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3jx-mhc8-m96j

## What is CVE-2023-41791?

CVE-2023-41791 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pandora FMS on all allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability allowed users with low privileges to introduce Javascript executables via a translation string that could affect the integrity of some configuration files. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 700 through 773.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41791?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Artica Pandora Fms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41791?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41791 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Artica Pandora Fms

- [CVE-2010-4279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4279/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-32098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32098/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32099/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26518/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11221/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41791 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41791 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artica Pandora Fms. 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-2023-41791/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41791/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41791
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41791
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41791

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41791/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.