BIT-mastodon-2023-42452
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/mastodon/BIT-mastodon-2023-42452.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-mastodon-2023-42452
- Aliases
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- CVE-2023-42452
- GHSA-2693-xr3m-jhqr
- Published
- 2024-03-06T10:55:46.292Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-20T10:01:50.365399Z
- Summary
- Mastodon vulnerable to Stored XSS through the translation feature
- Details
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Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. In versions on the 4.x branch prior to versions 4.0.10, 4.2.8, and 4.2.0, under certain conditions, attackers can abuse the translation feature to bypass the server-side HTML sanitization, allowing unescaped HTML to execute in the browser. The impact is limited thanks to Mastodon's strict Content Security Policy, blocking inline scripts, etc. However a CSP bypass or loophole could be exploited to execute malicious XSS. Furthermore, it requires user interaction, as this can only occur upon clicking the “Translate” button on a malicious post. Versions 4.0.10, 4.2.8, and 4.2.0 contain a patch for this issue.
- Database specific
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "severity": "Medium" }- References
Affected packages
Bitnami / mastodon
Package
- Name
- mastodon
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/mastodon
Severity
- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator