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CVE-2023-5901

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5901 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the pkp/pkp-lib GitHub repository, affecting versions prior to 3.3.0-16 of the sfu pkp_web_application_library. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.8) requires high privileges and user interaction for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.0-16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sfu:pkp_web_application_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 4,937 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / pkp/pkp-lib/commit/44d8bde60eb2575fd4087b76540aec9b49389e23
Patch
huntr.com / bounties/8fb9b06b-cadd-469e-862d-5ce026019597
ExploitThird Party Advisory