CVE-2023-54393
PocketMine-MP before 4.20.5 Denial of Service via LoginPacket
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PocketMine-MP before 4.20.5 Denial of Service via LoginPacket
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
- Record
CVE-2023-54393- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-60623
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
- Record
EUVD-2023-60623- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ghgx-426v-hj74
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket...
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
- Record
GHSA-ghgx-426v-hj74- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pqp3-8rrw-g8vm
PocketMine-MP vulnerable to server crash with certain invalid JSON payloads in `LoginPacket` due to vulnerable dependency
Impact
An attacker could crash PocketMine-MP by sending malformed JSON in LoginPacket.
This happened due to a bug in netresearch/jsonmapper. The library wasn't doing proper checks when mapping JSON arrays and objects onto scalar model properties such as strings.
Patches
The problem was fixed in a fork of JsonMapper in dktapps/JsonMapper@a31902a31f5b6fdb832f57c0e3a3f16a3b41c012. PocketMine-MP releases 4.20.5 and 4.21.1 have been released with the fix.
Workarounds
- Users of PocketMine-MP source installations may manually install the patched version of JsonMapper by backporting commit pmmp/PocketMine-MP@09668a37d66c6023685a948b7550c918620e98f2.
- A plugin may also be able to workaround this issue by using
DataPacketReceiveEventto attempt detection of suspicious payloads. AnErrorExceptionwill be thrown in the crash case, which can be caught by plugins.
References
cweiske/jsonmapper#210
- Record
GHSA-pqp3-8rrw-g8vm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
- Record
CVE-2023-54393- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
PocketMine-MP before 4.20.5 Denial of Service via LoginPacket
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.20.5 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper validation in the JsonMapper dependency. Attackers can send malformed JSON structures in LoginPacket to crash the server.
- Record
CVE-2023-54393- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pqp3-8rrw-g8vm
PocketMine-MP vulnerable to server crash with certain invalid JSON payloads in `LoginPacket` due to vulnerable dependency
Impact
An attacker could crash PocketMine-MP by sending malformed JSON in LoginPacket.
This happened due to a bug in netresearch/jsonmapper. The library wasn't doing proper checks when mapping JSON arrays and objects onto scalar model properties such as strings.
Patches
The problem was fixed in a fork of JsonMapper in dktapps/JsonMapper@a31902a31f5b6fdb832f57c0e3a3f16a3b41c012. PocketMine-MP releases 4.20.5 and 4.21.1 have been released with the fix.
Workarounds
- Users of PocketMine-MP source installations may manually install the patched version of JsonMapper by backporting commit pmmp/PocketMine-MP@09668a37d66c6023685a948b7550c918620e98f2.
- A plugin may also be able to workaround this issue by using
DataPacketReceiveEventto attempt detection of suspicious payloads. AnErrorExceptionwill be thrown in the crash case, which can be caught by plugins.
References
cweiske/jsonmapper#210
- Record
GHSA-pqp3-8rrw-g8vm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pocketmine/pocketmine-mpPackagist |
before 4.20.5 | 4.20.5 |
pocketmine/pocketmine-mpPackagist |
4.21.0 up to 4.21.1 | 4.21.1 |
pocketmine/pocketmine-mpPackagist |
before 4.20.5, plus listed versions 3.0.03.0.13.0.103.0.113.0.12 Show 45 moreShow less3.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.63.0.73.0.83.0.93.1.03.1.13.1.23.1.33.1.43.1.53.1.63.1.73.1.83.10.03.10.13.11.03.11.13.11.23.11.33.11.43.11.53.11.63.11.73.12.03.12.13.12.23.12.33.12.43.12.53.12.63.13.03.13.13.14.03.14.13.14.23.14.33.15.03.15.13.15.23.15.33.15.4 |
4.20.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-54393 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Pmmp Pocketmine-mp, published June 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in pocketmine/pocketmine-mp 4.20.5.
References
github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-pqp3-8rrw-g8vm
vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-4.20.5-denial-of-service-via-loginpacket
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54393
Left out here: 213 versions. The JSON record has them.