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TI-2023-30884 Aliases CVE-2023-54409GHSA-w4rh-867r-qwp3

Cross-site scripting in Frappe html2text sanitization

Priority LOW 26CWE-80Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-80.

Summary

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. An authenticated attacker can supply crafted HTML that is insufficiently sanitized, executing scripts in the browsers of users who view the rendered content.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00224 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed frappe (frappe): 13.46.1, 14.20.0

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
frappefrappebefore 13.46.1; 14.0.0-beta.1 to before 14.20.013.46.1, 14.20.0Patch availableCNA
  • frappe Vendorfrappe Affected before 13.46.1; 14.0.0-beta.1 to before 14.20.0 Fixed in 13.46.1, 14.20.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——frappe
  • cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·frappe

Remediation

Upgrade Frappe to 13.46.1 on the 13.x branch or to 14.20.0 on the 14.x branch.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA frappe (frappe) Fixed in 13.46.1, 14.20.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54409
  2. 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-w4rh-867r-qwp3
  3. 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-28140 ERPNext v15.103.1 and before is vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40873 An issue was discovered in Frappe ERPNext through 15.89.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40872 An issue was discovered in Frappe ERPNext through 15.89.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40871 A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability exists in the Frappe ERPNext… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-32462 In Frappe ERPNext 15.57.5, the function get_rfq_containing_supplier() at… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2025-32461 In Frappe ERPNext 15.57.5, the function get_stock_balance_for() at… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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