CVE-2023-54409 Frappe before 13.46.1 XSS via html2text Weak Sanitization
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via insufficiently sanitized HTML input in the Frappe framework.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-54409?
CVE-2023-54409 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in frappe, published on 12 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Frappe before 13.46.1 and 14.x before 14.20.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html2text function weakly sanitizes user input. Authenticated attackers can supply crafted HTML that is insufficiently sanitized by html2text, executing scripts in the browsers of users who view the rendered content.
Weakness: CWE-80
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54409?
How do I fix CVE-2023-54409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-54409 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-2023-54409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w4rh-867r-qwp3, GHSA-wp7j-3w22-93j6.