CVE-2023-38500: By-passing Cross-Site Scripting Protection in HTML Sanitizer

CVE-2023-38500 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-07-25

By-passing Cross-Site Scripting Protection in HTML Sanitizer

Technologies: typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2023-38500 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-38500 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2023-38500?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 July 2023.
Which products and versions are affected?
typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.0,fixed=1.5.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2023-38500?
Yes. typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2023-38500?
Check whether you run typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5.1 or later
    composer require typo3/html-sanitizer:^1.5.1

Affected products

  • typo3/html-sanitizer (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.0,fixed=1.5.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2023-38500
  • GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g

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