Security advisory

{
  "id": "e2c4ac8cf2ca0edaf95c49eb4597e6f7751a024524126a74168994b0b24e36ff",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48171",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-48171",
    "summary": "An issue in OWASP DefectDojo before v.1.5.3.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the user permissions component.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-48171",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-48171",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-48171"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/defectdojo/django-defectdojo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "918258710ba2cd63358af0c670044e6e46cc39a9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:owasp:defectdojo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.5.3.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.5.3.0",
            "1.5.3",
            "1.5.2.1",
            "1.5.2",
            "1.5.1",
            "1.5.0",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.2.8",
            "1.2.7",
            "1.2.6",
            "1.2.5",
            "1.2.2",
            "v1.2.1",
            "1.2.0",
            "1.2.1",
            "v1.2",
            "1.2",
            "1.1.3",
            "1.1.2",
            "1.1.1",
            "1.1.0",
            "v1.0.5",
            "v1.0.4",
            "v1.0.3",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-48171.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.489180477Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gccybermonks.com/posts/defectdojo/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48171.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48171"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48171.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-48171",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 513496,
  "published_at": "2024-08-12T00:00:00+00:00"
}