Frappe up to 13.46.0/14.19.x HTML html2text HTML injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Frappe up to 13.46.0/14.19.x. The affected element is the function html2text of the component HTML Handler. This manipulation causes HTML injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-54409. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Frappe up to 13.46.0/14.19.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function html2text of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-54409 since 10/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 13.46.1 or 14.20.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• Frappe

Version

• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.4
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 13.7
• 13.8
• 13.9
• 13.10
• 13.11
• 13.12
• 13.13
• 13.14
• 13.15
• 13.16
• 13.17
• 13.18
• 13.19
• 13.20
• 13.21
• 13.22
• 13.23
• 13.24
• 13.25
• 13.26
• 13.27
• 13.28
• 13.29
• 13.30
• 13.31
• 13.32
• 13.33
• 13.34
• 13.35
• 13.36
• 13.37
• 13.38
• 13.39
• 13.40
• 13.41
• 13.42
• 13.43
• 13.44
• 13.45
• 13.46.0
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.8
• 14.9
• 14.10
• 14.11
• 14.12
• 14.13
• 14.14
• 14.15
• 14.16
• 14.17
• 14.18
• 14.19

Website

• Product: https://github.com/frappe/frappe/

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