CVE-2023-38888 — Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in...

CRITICAL

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr ERP CRM

Published September 20, 2023Updated April 3, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr ERP CRM v.17.0.1 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via the REST API module, related to analyseVarsForSqlAndScriptsInjection and testSqlAndScriptInject.

Advisory Timeline

First published September 20, 2023 (1118 days ago).
Last revised April 3, 2025 — 561 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update dolibarr/dolibarr to 17.0.1 or later

composer require "dolibarr/dolibarr:^17.0.1"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
dolibarr/dolibarr	packagist	10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3 (+108 more)	17.0.1

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.6 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-38888?: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr ERP CRM This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.6/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-38888?: CVE-2023-38888 affects dolibarr/dolibarr. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-38888 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.6

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-62wf-h26v-5m57

BIT-dolibarr-2023-38888

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