Security advisory

{
  "id": "2caacacc9d108fade4753b0adfbf79d9e165da24f2f014082cca3ba1f61d25e5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49489",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-49489",
    "summary": "Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in KodExplorer version 4.51, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and escalate privileges via the APP_HOST parameter at config/i18n/en/main.php.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-49489",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-49489",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-49489"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodexplorer",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3443d9e5dd3c57c29f7e92c73e0fc9db3ea107c2"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3443d9e5dd3c57c29f7e92c73e0fc9db3ea107c2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kodcloud:kodexplorer:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.51"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.51"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.51"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-49489.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.612250536Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/49xxx/CVE-2023-49489.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49489",
        "https://github.com/kalcaddle/KodExplorer/issues/526"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/49xxx/CVE-2023-49489.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-49489",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 513581,
  "published_at": "2023-12-19T00:00:00+00:00"
}