CVE-2023-5842 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in dolibarr/dolibarr

What is CVE-2023-5842?

CVE-2023-5842 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm, published on 30 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository dolibarr/dolibarr prior to 16.0.5.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5842?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including dolibarr/dolibarr and dolibarr. It affects 1 product.

Products include Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5842?

Upgrade dolibarr/dolibarr to 16.0.5 or later.

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-2023-5842 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5842 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm

• CVE-2022-43138 Dolibarr vulnerable to privilege escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40871 Dolibarr vulnerable to Eval Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-33816 Dolibarr remote PHP code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7995 Dolibarr Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-2091 SQL injection in dolibarr Critical 9.8

All Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as BIT-dolibarr-2023-5842, GHSA-9pjf-jw9q-fx49.