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TI-2023-05144 Aliases CVE-2023-5588GHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55

kphrx pleroma pack.ex Pleroma.Emoji.Pack path traversal

Priority LOW 25CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in kphrx pleroma. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function Pleroma.Emoji.Pack of the file lib/pleroma/emoji/pack.ex. The manipulation of the argument name leads to path traversal. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The patch is named 2c795094535537a8607cc0d3b7f076a609636f40. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-242187.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0071 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed pleroma (Hex): 2.5.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
kphrxpleromaall versions—No fix listedCNA
—pleroma (Hex)before 2.5.32.5.3Patch availableGHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55
  • pleroma Vendorkphrx Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • pleroma (Hex) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.5.3 Patch available GHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kpherox:pleroma:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableKpherox
  • cpe:2.3:a:kpherox:pleroma:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Kpherox

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55 pleroma (Hex) Fixed in 2.5.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5588
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2c28-m2m7-mf55
  3. 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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