Security advisory

{
  "id": "2bbe1fa79d6060769cc8a05288dddc1134204d0a4c29378303baa80e530eff86",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28459",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-28459",
    "summary": "pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-28459",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-28459",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-28459",
        "GHSA-wh3w-jcc7-mhmf",
        "PYSEC-2023-41"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "01bfe30e2185215f3f89626efe6d305afc1e1396"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "44f4b4fb1531af24f9504a804028970193fa57c9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.3.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "44f4b4fb1531af24f9504a804028970193fa57c9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.3.2"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.3.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-28459.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.937637637Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2",
        "https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28459.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28459",
        "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890",
        "https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28459.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-28459",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 515077,
  "published_at": "2023-04-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}