CVE-2023-28458pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Organizers can trigger the overwriting (with the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Organizers can trigger the overwriting (with the standard pretalx 404 page content) of an arbitrary file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Metasploit modules2 modules
- Pretalx Arbitrary File Read/Limited File Write (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/pretalx_file_read_cve_2023_28459Rank normaldisclosed 7 Mar 2023
- Pretalx Limited File Write to Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/pretalx_rce_cve_2023_28458Rank excellentdisclosed 7 Mar 2023
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 36 days later
· 36 days later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpretalxGHSA-23fx-92m6-4f2g (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-0205 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-23fx-92m6-4f2g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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