CVE-2023-4454
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in wallabag/wallabag
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository wallabag/wallabag prior to 2.6.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in wallabag/wallabag
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository wallabag/wallabag prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2023-4454- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2330
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository wallabag/wallabag prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2330- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p8gp-899c-jvq9
Wallabag user can reset data unintentionally
Description
wallabag was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) which allows attackers to arbitrarily reset annotations, entries and tags, by the GET request to /reset/annotations, /reset/entries, /reset/tags, /reset/archived.
This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 4.3.
You should immediately patch your instance to version 2.6.3 or higher if you have more than one user and/or having open registration.
Resolution
These actions are now doable only via POST method, which ensures that we can't do them via a 3rd-party website.
Credits
We would like to thank @zpbrent for reporting this issue through huntr.dev.
Reference: https://huntr.dev/bounties/4ee0ef74-e4d4-46e7-a05c-076bce522299/
- Record
GHSA-p8gp-899c-jvq9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository wallabag/wallabag prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2023-4454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in wallabag/wallabag
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository wallabag/wallabag prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2023-4454- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-p8gp-899c-jvq9
Wallabag user can reset data unintentionally
Description
wallabag was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) which allows attackers to arbitrarily reset annotations, entries and tags, by the GET request to /reset/annotations, /reset/entries, /reset/tags, /reset/archived.
This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 4.3.
You should immediately patch your instance to version 2.6.3 or higher if you have more than one user and/or having open registration.
Resolution
These actions are now doable only via POST method, which ensures that we can't do them via a 3rd-party website.
Credits
We would like to thank @zpbrent for reporting this issue through huntr.dev.
Reference: https://huntr.dev/bounties/4ee0ef74-e4d4-46e7-a05c-076bce522299/
- Record
GHSA-p8gp-899c-jvq9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
wallabag/wallabagPackagist |
2.0.0-alpha.1 to 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 |
wallabag/wallabagPackagist |
2.0.0-alpha.1 up to 2.6.3, plus listed versions 2.0.02.0.0-alpha.22.0.0-beta.12.0.0-beta.22.0.1 Show 40 moreShow less2.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.1.02.1.12.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1.6.12.2.02.2.12.2.22.2.32.3.02.3.12.3.22.3.32.3.42.3.52.3.62.3.72.3.82.4.02.4.12.4.22.4.32.5.02.5.12.5.22.5.32.5.42.6.02.6.12.6.2 |
2.6.3 |
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-2023-4454 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Wallabag, published August 21, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. Fixed in wallabag/wallabag 2.6.3.
References
huntr.dev/bounties/4ee0ef74-e4d4-46e7-a05c-076bce522299
github.com/wallabag/wallabag/commit/78b0b55c40511e1f22d5bbb4897aa10fca68441c
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4454