Statamic
CVE-2023-48701
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Statamic CMS is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in composer
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Statamic CMS is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). Prior to versions 3.4.15 an 4.36.0, HTML files crafted to look like images may be uploaded regardless of mime validation. This is only applicable on front-end forms using the "Forms" feature containing an assets field, or within the control panel which requires authentication. This issue has been patched on 3.4.15 and 4.36.0. Affected products include: Statamic.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Statamic CMS is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). Prior to versions 3.4.15 an 4.36.0, HTML files crafted to look like images may be uploaded regardless of mime validation. This is only applicable on front-end forms using the "Forms" feature containing an assets field, or within the control panel which requires authentication. This issue has been patched on 3.4.15 and 4.36.0.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
GitHub
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Statmic is a core Laravel content management system Composer package. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabi
Statamic is a flat-first, Laravel and Git powered content management system. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vuln
Password reset poisoning in Statamic CMS before 6.3.3/5.73.10 allows attackers to steal password reset tokens by manipul
Statamic framework before 2.6.0 does not correctly check a session's permissions when the methods from a user's class ar
Authenticated Statamic CMS users (versions 6.0.0-6.3.x) can bypass privilege escalation verification checks to gain unau
Statamic is a flat-first, Laravel + Git powered CMS designed for building websites. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this
Statamic 2.10.3 allows XSS via First Name or Last Name to the /users URI in an 'Add new user' request. Rated medium seve
Statmatic is a Laravel and Git powered content management system (CMS). [CVSS 8.7 HIGH]
Authenticated users with content creation permissions in Statamic CMS versions 6.0.0 through 6.2.2 can inject persistent
Mass deletion of content, assets, and user accounts in Statamic CMS versions prior to 5.73.20 and 6.13.0 occurs via quer
Versions 5.73.8 and below in addition to 6.0.0-alpha.1 versions up to 6.3.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (xss) (C
Stored cross-site scripting in Statamic CMS 5.22.0 and earlier lets an authenticated control-panel user who holds permis
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