CVE-2023-42458 LOW

CVE-2023-42458: Zope vulnerable to Stored Cross Site Scripting with SVG images

Vendor Zopefoundation
Product Zope
Weakness CWE-80 · XSS · basic
Published September 21, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

3.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Zope is an open-source web application server. Prior to versions 4.8.10 and 5.8.5, there is a stored cross site scripting vulnerability for SVG images. Note that an image tag with an SVG image as source is never vulnerable, even when the SVG image contains malicious code. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need to upload an image, and then trick a user into following a specially crafted link. Patches are available in Zope 4.8.10 and 5.8.5. As a workaround, make sure the "Add Documents, Images, and Files" permission is only assigned to trusted roles. By default, only the Manager has this permission.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 21, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated