CVE-2023-5861
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in microweber/microweber
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in microweber/microweber
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-5861- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2689
6.4
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2689- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7q5f-29gx-57ff
4.8
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in microweber/microweber
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
GHSA-7q5f-29gx-57ff- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.8
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-5861- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.4
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in microweber/microweber
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-5861- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7q5f-29gx-57ff
4.8
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in microweber/microweber
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 2.0.
- Record
GHSA-7q5f-29gx-57ff- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
microweber/microweberPackagist |
before 2.0.0 | 2.0.0 |
microweber/microweberPackagist |
before 2.0.0, plus listed versions 0.9.3460.930.9310.9340.951 Show 30 moreShow less1.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.1v1.2.10v1.2.11v1.2.12v1.2.13v1.2.14v1.2.15v1.2.16v1.2.17v1.2.18v1.2.19v1.2.20v1.2.21v1.2.3v1.2.4v1.2.5v1.2.6v1.2.7v1.2.8v1.2.9v1.3.0v1.3.1v1.3.2v1.3.3v1.3.4 |
2.0.0 |
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-2023-5861 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Microweber, published October 31, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in microweber/microweber 2.0.0.
References
huntr.com/bounties/7baecef8-6c59-42fc-bced-886c4929e220
github.com/microweber/microweber/commit/6ed7ebf1631dd8f0780caa4151a5538f3b227d26
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5861
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q5f-29gx-57ff
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5861.json
github.com/microweber/microweber