CVE-2023-54409

Frappe before 13.46.1 XSS via html2text Weak Sanitization

Published Oct 12, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Frappe before 13.46.1 and 14.x before 14.20.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html2text function weakly sanitizes user input. Authenticated attackers can supply crafted HTML that is insufficiently sanitized by html2text, executing scripts in the browsers of users who view the rendered content.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Frappe before 13.46.1 and 14.x before 14.20.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html2text function weakly sanitizes user input. Authenticated attackers can supply crafted HTML that is insufficiently sanitized by html2text, executing scripts in the browsers of users who view the rendered content.
Title Frappe before 13.46.1 XSS via html2text Weak Sanitization
First Time appeared Frappe
Frappe frappe
Weaknesses CWE-80
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Frappe
Frappe frappe
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2026, 1:33 PM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2026, 9:03 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 12, 2026, 11:17 PM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 2:17 PM