CVE-2023-29454
Persistent XSS in the user form
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Persistent XSS in the user form
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
CVE-2023-29454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-33023
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
EUVD-2023-33023- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j6fc-pvcg-2p4f
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends...
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
GHSA-j6fc-pvcg-2p4f- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
CVE-2023-29454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
CVE-2023-29454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-29454
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-29454
Stored or persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of XSS where the attacker first sends the payload to the web application, then the application saves the payload (e.g., in a database or server-side text files), and finally, the application unintentionally executes the payload for every victim visiting its web pages.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0191-1 No score
Security update for zabbix
This update for zabbix fixes the following issues:
Updated to latest release 4.0.47, this version fixes CVE-2023-29454 (boo#1213338):
- New Features and Improvements
- ZBXNEXT-7694 Added 'utf8mb3' character set support for MySQL database
- ZBX-20946 Enabled Bulgarian, Chinese (zh_TW), German, Greek, Indonesian, Romanian, Spanish and Vietnamese languages in frontend
- Bug Fixes
- ZBX-22987 Fixed inefficient URL schema validation
- ZBX-22688 Fixed AlertScriptPath not allowing links
- ZBX-22386 Fixed encoding of HTML entities in the user interface
- ZBX-22858 Fixed xss vulnerability in graph item properties
- ZBX-22859 Fixed validation of input parameters in action configuration form
- ZBX-22622 Fixed alert script path validation
- ZBX-22520 Fixed versions of integrations
- ZBX-22026 Fixed SNMP agent item going to unsupported state on NULL result
- ZBX-22050 Fixed spoofing X-Forwarded-For request header allowing to access Zabbix frontend in maintenance mode
- ZBX-21416 Fixed check now not working on calculated items, aggregate checks and some internal items
- ZBX-21449 Fixed accessibility attributes
- ZBX-21306 Fixed xss in discovery rules
- ZBX-21305 Fixed xss in graph
- ZBX-20600 Fixed vmware hv.datastore.latency item when multiple datastores with duplicate name
- ZBX-20844 Fixed external check becoming unsupported when Zabbix server or Zabbix proxy is stopped
- ZBX-19789 Added SourceIP support to ldap simple checks
- ZBX-20680 Fixed reflected XSS issues
- ZBX-20387 Fixed default language of the setup routine for logged in superadmin users
- ZBX-19652 Fixed JavaScript syntax for Internet Explorer 11 compatibility
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0191-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13068-1 No score
zabbix-agent-6.0.19-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the zabbix-agent-6.0.19-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13068-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
zabbixDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:6.0.14+dfsg-11:6.0.23+dfsg-11:6.0.23+dfsg-1~bpo12+11:6.0.24+dfsg-11:6.0.25+dfsg-1 Show 24 moreShow less1:6.0.29+dfsg-11:7.0.0+dfsg-11:7.0.0+dfsg-21:7.0.0+dfsg-2~bpo12+11:7.0.1+dfsg-11:7.0.1+dfsg-1~bpo12+11:7.0.10+dfsg-11:7.0.10+dfsg-21:7.0.2+dfsg-11:7.0.2+dfsg-1~bpo12+11:7.0.22+dfsg-11:7.0.22+dfsg-1.11:7.0.22+dfsg-1~bpo13+11:7.0.22+dfsg-1~deb13u11:7.0.27+dfsg-11:7.0.29+dfsg-11:7.0.29+dfsg-21:7.0.29+dfsg-2~bpo13+11:7.0.3+dfsg-11:7.0.5+dfsg-11:7.0.5+dfsg-1~bpo12+11:7.0.6+dfsg-11:7.0.9+dfsg-11:7.0.9+dfsg-1~bpo12+1 |
None known |
zabbixDebian:13 |
before 1:6.0.23+dfsg-1 | 1:6.0.23+dfsg-1 |
zabbixDebian:14 |
before 1:6.0.23+dfsg-1 | 1:6.0.23+dfsg-1 |
zabbixDebian:10 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 1:4.0.4+dfsg-1+deb10u2, plus listed versions 1:4.0.4+dfsg-11:4.0.4+dfsg-1+deb10u1 |
1:4.0.4+dfsg-1+deb10u2 |
zabbixDebian:11 From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 1:5.0.44+dfsg-1+deb11u1, plus listed versions 1:5.0.14+dfsg-11:5.0.14+dfsg-1~bpo11+11:5.0.17+dfsg-11:5.0.17+dfsg-1~bpo11+11:5.0.8+dfsg-1 |
1:5.0.44+dfsg-1+deb11u1 |
zabbixUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:4.0.4+dfsg-1build21:4.0.4+dfsg-1build31:4.0.11+dfsg-11:4.0.14+dfsg-11:4.0.15+dfsg-1 Show 5 moreShow less1:4.0.16+dfsg-11:4.0.16+dfsg-1build11:4.0.17+dfsg-11:4.0.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm11:4.0.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
None known |
zabbixUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:5.0.8+dfsg-1build11:5.0.14+dfsg-11:5.0.17+dfsg-11:5.0.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
zabbixUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:7.0.10+dfsg-21:7.0.10+dfsg-2build1 |
None known |
zabbixUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:7.0.22+dfsg-11:7.0.22+dfsg-1.11:7.0.22+dfsg-1.1build11:7.0.22+dfsg-1.1build21:7.0.27+dfsg-1 |
None known |
zabbixUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:7.0.10+dfsg-2build11:7.0.22+dfsg-1 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
zabbixSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 |
before 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 | 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 |
zabbixSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 |
before 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 | 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 |
zabbixopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 |
before 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 | 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 |
zabbixopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 |
before 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 | 4.0.47-bp155.3.3.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-29454 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Zabbix Frontend, published July 13, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. Fixed in zabbix 1:6.0.23+dfsg-1.