CVE-2023-46126

Fides JavaScript Injection Vulnerability in Privacy Center URL

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 24, 2023 at 09:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFides

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing the fulfillment of data privacy requests in runtime environments, helping enforce privacy regulations in code. The Fides web application allows users to edit consent and privacy notices such as cookie banners. The vulnerability makes it possible to craft a payload in the privacy policy URL which triggers JavaScript execution when the privacy notice is served by an integrated website. The domain scope of the executed JavaScript is that of the integrated website. Exploitation is limited to Admin UI users with the contributor role or higher. The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version `2.22.1`.

Affected

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

v < 2.22.1
Affected range stops below 2.22.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial 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-79

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