CVE-2023-4979
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in librenms/librenms
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in librenms/librenms
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4979- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2539
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2539- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jp3c-g46v-jg2c
LibreNMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
GHSA-jp3c-g46v-jg2c- 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-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4979- 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 - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in librenms/librenms
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4979- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jp3c-g46v-jg2c
LibreNMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository librenms/librenms prior to 23.9.0.
- Record
GHSA-jp3c-g46v-jg2c- 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-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
librenms/librenmsPackagist |
before 23.9.0 | 23.9.0 |
librenms/librenmsPackagist |
before 23.9.0, plus listed versions 1.191.201.20.11.211.22 Show 45 moreShow less1.22.011.231.241.251.261.271.281.291.301.30.011.311.31.011.31.021.31.031.321.32.011.331.33.011.341.351.361.36.011.371.381.391.401.411.421.42.011.431.441.451.461.471.481.48.11.491.501.50.11.511.521.531.53.11.541.55 |
23.9.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4979 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Librenms, published September 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in librenms/librenms 23.9.0.
References
huntr.dev/bounties/e67f8f5d-4048-404f-9b86-cb6b8719b77f
github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/49d66fa31b43acef02eaa09ee9af15fe7e16cd03
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4979
Left out here: 64 versions. The JSON record has them.