CVE-2023-36809

Kiwi TCMS's misconfigured HTTP headers allow stored XSS execution with Firefox

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 5, 2023 at 09:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKiwitcms

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system allows users to upload attachments to test plans, test cases, etc. Versions of Kiwi TCMS prior to 12.5 had introduced changes which were meant to serve all uploaded files as plain text in order to prevent browsers from executing potentially dangerous files when such files are accessed directly. The previous Nginx configuration was incorrect allowing certain browsers like Firefox to ignore the `Content-Type: text/plain` header on some occasions thus allowing potentially dangerous scripts to be executed. Additionally, file upload validators and parts of the HTML rendering code had been found to require additional sanitation and improvements. Version 12.5 fixes this vulnerability with updated Nginx content type configuration, improved file upload validation code to prevent more potentially dangerous uploads, and Sanitization of test plan names used in the `tree_view_html()` function.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 12.5
Affected range stops below 12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79CWE-434

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