CVE-2023-42452 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mastodon versions prior to 4.0.10, 4.2.8, and 4.2.0-rc2. This flaw allows attackers to bypass server-side HTML sanitization via the translation feature, enabling unescaped HTML to execute in a user's browser. Exploitation requires user interaction, specifically clicking the "Translate" button on a malicious post, and its impact is limited by Mastodon's strict Content Security Policy. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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