CVE-2023-54409

Frappe before 13.46.1 XSS via html2text Weak Sanitization

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFrappe

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 13.46.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 14.20.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.8MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-80

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