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CVE-2023-2981

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2981 is a basic cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in Abstrium Pydio Cells version 4.2.0, specifically within an unknown processing component of the Chat function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal. Organizations using Pydio Cells 4.2.0 are advised to upgrade to version 4.2.1 to remediate this issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abstrium:pydio_cells:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pydio/cellsFixed in: 4.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-wmfc-g86p-fjvrmedium

go package pydio cells vulnerable to cross-site scripting

May 30, 2023

References

popalltheshells.medium.com / multiple-cves-affecting-pydio-cells-4-2-0-321e7e4712be
ExploitThird Party Advisory
pydio.com / en/community/releases/pydio-cells/pydio-cells-enterprise-421
Release Notes
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry