{"id":"CVE-2023-48699","aliases":["EUVD-2023-3043","GHSA-vccg-f4gp-45x9"],"status":"published","title":"fastbots Eval Injection vulnerability","description":"fastbots is a library for fast bot and scraper development using selenium and the Page Object Model (POM) design. Prior to version 0.1.5, an attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function `def __locator__(self, locator_name: str)` in `page.py`. In order to mitigate this issue, upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00744,"percentile":0.55031,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-95"],"published":"2023-11-21T22:18:22Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:47Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"fastbots","fixed_in":["0.1.5"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"fastbots","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"fastbots","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.5"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"fastbots","product":"fastbots"},{"vendor":"ubertidavide","product":"fastbots"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots/security/advisories/GHSA-vccg-f4gp-45x9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots/pull/3#issue-2003080806","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots/commit/73eb03bd75365e112b39877e26ef52853f5e9f57","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48699","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vccg-f4gp-45x9"},{"url":"https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-48699","title":"fastbots Eval Injection vulnerability","description":"fastbots is a library for fast bot and scraper development using selenium and the Page Object Model (POM) design. Prior to version 0.1.5, an attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function `def __locator__(self, locator_name: str)` in `page.py`. In order to mitigate this issue, upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above.","status":"published","published":"2023-11-21T22:25:41.183Z","modified":"2024-08-02T21:37:53.483Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:25.866071Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-3043","description":"fastbots is a library for fast bot and scraper development using selenium and the Page Object Model (POM) design. Prior to version 0.1.5, an attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function `def __locator__(self, locator_name: str)` in `page.py`. In order to mitigate this issue, upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above.","status":"published","published":"2023-11-21T22:25:41Z","modified":"2024-08-02T21:37:53Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:49:57.383318Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-vccg-f4gp-45x9","title":"Eval Injection in fastbots","description":"### Impact\nAn attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function def __locator__(self, locator_name: str) in page.py. The vulnerable code that load and execute directly from the file without validation it's:\n```python\n return eval(self._bot.locator(self._page_name, locator_name))\n```\n\n### Patches\nIn order to mitigate this issue it's important to upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above. \n\n### References\n[Merge that fix also this issue](https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots/pull/3#issue-2003080806)","status":"published","published":"2023-11-21T22:18:22Z","modified":"2025-07-01T07:47:02Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:48.783737Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-48699","description":"fastbots is a library for fast bot and scraper development using selenium and the Page Object Model (POM) design. Prior to version 0.1.5, an attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function `def __locator__(self, locator_name: str)` in `page.py`. In order to mitigate this issue, upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above.","status":"published","published":"2023-11-21T23:15:08.103Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:34:47.917Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-95","CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:47.966245Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vccg-f4gp-45x9","title":"Eval Injection in fastbots","description":"### Impact\nAn attacker could modify the locators.ini locator file with python code that without proper validation it's executed and it could lead to rce. The vulnerability is in the function def __locator__(self, locator_name: str) in page.py. The vulnerable code that load and execute directly from the file without validation it's:\n```python\n return eval(self._bot.locator(self._page_name, locator_name))\n```\n\n### Patches\nIn order to mitigate this issue it's important to upgrade to fastbots version 0.1.5 or above. \n\n### References\n[Merge that fix also this issue](https://github.com/ubertidavide/fastbots/pull/3#issue-2003080806)","status":"published","published":"2023-11-21T22:18:22Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:47.849235707Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:56.981655Z"}]}}