# CVE-2023-53928: PHPFusion 9.10.30 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Manager Upload

> Attackers can upload malicious SVG files to execute arbitrary JavaScript, potentially stealing session information or performing client-side attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA: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:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-48f6-vw4q-5vcq

## What is CVE-2023-53928?

CVE-2023-53928 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Php-fusion PHPFusion, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

PHPFusion 9.10.30 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the file manager that allows attackers to upload malicious SVG files with embedded JavaScript. Attackers can upload SVG files with script tags that execute arbitrary JavaScript when viewed, potentially stealing user session information or performing client-side attacks.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53928?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Php-Fusion Phpfusion.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-53928?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-53928 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-53928 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-53928 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Php-fusion PHPFusion

- [CVE-2022-3152](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3152/): Unverified Password Change in phpfusion/phpfusion (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-23754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23754/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-2453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2453/): Local file Inclusion (LFI) in Forum Infusion via Directory Traversal (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-37137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37137/): PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 - 'panels.php' Eval Injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-40188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40188/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53928 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53928 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Php-fusion PHPFusion, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-53928 exists.

Affected product: Php-fusion PHPFusion. 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-2023-53928/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53928/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53928
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53928
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53928

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53928/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.