CVE-2023-31541

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Published Jun 13, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

A unrestricted file upload vulnerability was discovered in the ‘Browse and upload images’ feature of the CKEditor v1.2.3 plugin for Redmine, which allows arbitrary files to be uploaded to the server.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:redmine:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-35844	A unrestricted file upload vulnerability was discovered in the ‘Browse and upload images’ feature of the CKEditor v1.2.3 plugin for Redmine, which allows arbitrary files to be uploaded to the server.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.431% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/DreamD2v/CVE-2023-31541/blob/main/CVE-2023-31541.md

History

Jan 3, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ckeditor Ckeditor

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 13, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:25 AM
Reserved: Apr 29, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 13, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

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