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TI-2023-14379 Aliases CVE-2023-30544GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg

Kiwi TCMS may allow user to update email address to unverified one

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-283Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In versions of Kiwi TCMS prior to 12.2, users were able to update their email addresses via the `My profile` admin page. This page allowed them to change the email address registered with their account without the ownership verification performed during account registration. Operators of Kiwi TCMS should upgrade to v12.2 or later to receive a patch. No known workarounds exist.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00419 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Kiwi (kiwitcms): 12.2kiwitcms (PyPI): 12.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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
kiwitcmsKiwibefore 12.212.2Patch availableCNA
—kiwitcms (PyPI)before 12.212.2Patch availableGHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg
  • Kiwi Vendorkiwitcms Affected before 12.2 Fixed in 12.2 Patch available CNA
  • kiwitcms (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 12.2 Fixed in 12.2 Patch available GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kiwitcms:kiwi_tcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 12.2Vulnerablekiwitcms
  • cpe:2.3:a:kiwitcms:kiwi_tcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 12.2 Vulnerable ·kiwitcms

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Kiwi (kiwitcms) Fixed in 12.2
  • Fix · GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg kiwitcms (PyPI) Fixed in 12.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-30544
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7x6q-3v3m-cwjg

References

  • TI-2023-14429 Kiwi TCMS unrestricted file upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2023-14444 Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-18603 Kiwi TCMS's misconfigured HTTP headers allow stored XSS execution with Firefox CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-16845 Stored cross site scripting (XSS) via unrestricted file upload in Kiwi TCMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2022-03753 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in kiwitcms/kiwi CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2023-10618 Kiwi TCMS has no protection against brute-force attacks on login page CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 10 →

Sources