CVE-2023-37581

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    CVE-2023-37581

    Published: 6 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Apache Roller: Roller's weblog category, weblog settings and file-upload features did not properly sanitize input could be exploited to perform Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) even on a Roller site configured for untrusted users.

    Details: Insufficient input validation and sanitation in Weblog Category name, Website About and File Upload features in all versions of Apache Roller on all platforms allows an authenticated user to perform an XSS attack. Mitigation: if you do not have Roller configured for untrusted users, then you need to do nothing because you trust your users to author raw HTML and other web content. If you are running with untrusted users then you should upgrade to Roller 6.1.2 and you should disable Roller's File Upload feature. 

    References: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/16/1, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37581.json, https://lists.apache.org/thread/n9mjhhlm7z7b7to646tkvf3otkf21flp, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37581

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -700a03b88c10c966c318ad30ced0e911a5d62798

    Affected versions

    roller-6.1.2rc1
    roller-6.1.1-rc2
    roller-6.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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