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CVE-2023-5588

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5588 is a path traversal vulnerability in the Pleroma.Emoji.Pack function of the kphrx pleroma application, specifically within the lib/pleroma/emoji/pack.ex file. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the 'name' argument to access unauthorized directories. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability. While the attack complexity is low, the exploitability is considered difficult. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kpherox:pleroma:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.6LOW

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

erlangpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pleromaFixed in: 2.5.3
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

erlangGHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55low

Pleroma Path Traversal vulnerability

Oct 16, 2023

References

github.com / kphrx/pleroma/commit/2c795094535537a8607cc0d3b7f076a609636f40
Patch
github.com / kphrx/pleroma/pull/197
PatchVendor Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory